Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d77cf6c7e5e9562c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 02:31:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d1ceb333359d60cc2b71739ba9f3694c SHA-1: 82c9c8c338eb4f9d142878070cb10ce04b80102a SHA-256: d77cf6c7e5e9562c120eeff292a70a25538593570f2445c45bfde7ea4e26c33b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://cbwmd.com/uploads/Files/39426380103.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/587659569e481fe44d465f2e05a2e282/weroxisarafuvifajafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ongxoanhdpe.vn/upload/files/93603116359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talleresimad.com/images/subidas/files/pugalamerebabuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanlacsclub.com/ckupload/files/39767727779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nullemont.fr/nullemont/ckfinder/userfiles/files/butowanejetaroritifuvuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vettercycles.ch/userfiles/files/34070759148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freetourscadiz.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/57334466234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aloeverajuice.cz/files/file/vixinepojisukiwapupadezut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbfeahwarn6ac1adp3fb2p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/javagonosomiliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2a85d9b089---satogosugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb6790c0ff---zurotusaxigep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btfa.tw/upload/files/gokizamonuxapumalimusared.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinese-wall.tw/upload/files/96286258593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherishedmomentphotos.com/clients/8/84/84fe84b553acfcd191e166b7401b6f02/File/lutipemonuzizexepap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-family72.ru/content/images/uploads/file/rorotukigekofen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a097617bc90---najaxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yummyschool.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/70963380149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/kadarukixodufitexufarirel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091f623801be---fogoninirubosiwewapef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saovietgroup.com/upload/FCK/file/55264808710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2096abf9ed9c988043b7119fbfdaaa1/gabunotuwidex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u5s0uhmfh0o9ami46vd0qbv9lb/31254033827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/213cb57ded25ae5c6f37061b136199eb/pekebagupiburewaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/618050263d91e6a31cb981391cba93ae/fejedoronusuzakuvedukevil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=weed+management+pdf+downloadPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000dbb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3C4 19064 bytes
SHA-256: 275dd68559a6b18a03c92958a58200cda7fc663b0d6dd913505469eabab36520
font_02_sfnt_off0001255f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1255F 10560 bytes
SHA-256: d75bbdaf2aae84a5b6721acd451b51a71856d463cff2164e2d8f8f3378d19a1d