Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d75b789c02876d18…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 17:24:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 567ac72a7ebab55d50c6f809fe1444b6 SHA-1: 06b5cbb80f8248428dfa4a8d21c82cf2098b7790 SHA-256: d75b789c02876d180502d1e599037d89c6e89c25c42c1292006bec46998611ea
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support this assessment. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=capitalization+worksheets+4th+grade PDF link annotation
    • https://legacydockandmarine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d22d6fba4774e08eb58f46cb5fe3f28f/benexevepitafabizejuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d20f113593---55438611907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2gd0sf9pko4d5g4pdhb5boqhd6/74206312368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/30522066597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/25998551580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webplease.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2il9oj588gmoi7t8q16irk46s4/nimibitovozutox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacgl.org/upload/editor/file/sigetilipufizapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/tijumoverurosej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tv5sa6j3at96a5mbl15u8ks0t1/43226736178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/boxarawofiferulotez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hostsolutions.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/21333438541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://residenciasanamaro.es/userfiles/files/25068702150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f27200bba2---41882174099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d58bd2dd6a26b5166aaba656a9f688c/72435113617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/matiluguraji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0a6283136089628d680b06671b5e093/28538924227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ef88d930659c053322d6a41d67e36e4/94549399484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6316f8387bdf9ff52e6654ceaf7a213/xugeferonof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/kozalujofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blindnow.com/userfiles/file/pirisuxuzurerun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamor.org/userfiles/file/34140490037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074607cbe2b3---bulaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sylvianapoles.com/clients/e/e6/e63d90d46a840f0b3195f531cec11f6e/File/kevusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988e22ed867---lozolozini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/al9hf441nvr850jhce79ih0dct/28981208757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000be41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d653.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD653 16036 bytes
SHA-256: 4b5aa257686ec53ee0311847a1f90ecc5a69a7f8f8f6e53401aa13ee2818a045
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF10 11020 bytes
SHA-256: b52e60b3d04dfaddf10a21f51d6d820e1b7fa03ee098164bb684eac2d45f657a