Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d772ff1bf7e263ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-13 10:55:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 635bd316fb2dcb3d783fd33e358ab258 SHA-1: 5c425537f526897e33030fc7efaeac8ed35ffe4e SHA-256: d772ff1bf7e263edac32bc5e485db9c3f0908f0ed94f1bc5258557e680c27c55
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, strongly suggests malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further corroborate this, indicating the PDF is designed to lure users to potentially malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=file+transfer+via+bluetooth+windows+10 PDF link annotation
    • http://bresky.cz/res/file/bifiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369061eb8dd---8985953308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workontext.ru/media/file/77109503624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhkayseri.com/resimler/files/72182536951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesherisrael.com/uploadEditor/files/xibijemajofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemingway.bg/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuxinexodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmeds.us/userfiles/file/sekejapezasosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21008c8032d25f4003f6a38908e87ee1/79084556718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a1885129f8---45919371777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132e8f61c133---zolafikuvelividazovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://najlepsietorty.sk/uploads/fck/file/69141651497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laetitiabernard.fr/images/file/3105033964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caudafotografia.com/userfiles/files/12563916309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herborgthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/46857890357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sjak0egv5c98uf8fth8ne8nk00/xusivagunenoxaduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snoman.mb.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tolevitamagesuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gonguyenkhoi.vn/upload/files/nejepezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipadel.com/userfiles/file/jubebareloxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namhungholdings.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/92503990256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharjahcements.com/images/bulk_images/files/xegosebibagotavof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vnationwide.com/userfiles/files/30298773262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gearcon-eng.com/file_media/file_image/file/26295146276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132abd4e9acd---36235539169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suliaok.com/v15/Upload/file/202191195024503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pjkconstruction.ca/images/file/55963011398.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_off0000e493.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE493 18932 bytes
SHA-256: f5e52e74ed618e3858bf34b4def52396e2599bf2fbf3314693550b0019292716
font_01_sfnt_off00011596.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11596 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012dad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DAD 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 5d3cdf6f6947d62fdb53403cc1fa87a0ab18ca769d7c2ad4a204a164829c60c6