Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e76df793551228ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-09 05:23:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 414e3747ea59ed31ae964f2025ad1763 SHA-1: 69f31d50f3c6583252a0f0c6dda25153dd24d3c4 SHA-256: e76df793551228ce51ae9ea2de6a49411fcd9c29ba377145dcc5fd58c26ad8f8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed to direct users to various external sites, likely for malicious purposes such as phishing or malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=transfer+contacts+one+phone+to+another PDF link annotation
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/98334292138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogomanhnghia.com/uploads/files/96492368539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innersolutions-uk.com/file/nobebagojibibepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermanrooz.com/img/files/19174512159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braghieriarchitettura.com/userfiles/files/dexorasol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://land89.com/ckupload/files/xumomevolej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vyaspublicschool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83535334862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76081596110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prettygreekvillas.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectofile/9191910920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kchetstek3np2obbmsnc79rqo7/69029481724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://om-ar.com/userfiles/file/82551196029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613513a0ddf09---jakubiwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serpavenger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82186308197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namdolove.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_F25E41DD15538CA4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ghadir-eng.com/userfiles/files/12496956266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161311207028cc---jejiveselizevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://successalpha.team/upload/files/25221349700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duhochoangthanh.com/upload/files/34331614851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gatederatupebitijewifigip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/748d50b5d23591aefb28aea535f1e7c6/niwezip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vititanon.com/user_img/files/3279104304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dunaweb.co/bg_image/files/21727061234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161373f642e248---vefujixuvotabup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f314f2dcfa---11237017310.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_off0000cf91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF91 18284 bytes
SHA-256: 0aac8ed2f95cd14b0381d7fff6edb9060a80745be3eb2294596a3412a58b95a2
font_01_sfnt_off0000febe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEBE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000116d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116D5 10404 bytes
SHA-256: 1bdb47aae9eff4d793178ded7960a2bbebb4c54e59fdfa44a06d6535172ec9bf