Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2b79d3a2e912613…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.9 KB Created: 2021-07-09 03:52:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9380cc3b2cd7dc08164d59a2dfc0bef2 SHA-1: f62ea69e62cc081e16a1e0f645e0253e43e65a65 SHA-256: f2b79d3a2e91261367d3cc9764ffa5bff4b467bf3b4442ff23300cf2e7465333
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=story+the+fun+they+had
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3176740a5---23647680161.pdf
    • https://terminal.hr/userfiles/file/ginoziregizelomixuwekew.pdf
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/149020464149a0c0300db64cd3eb7177/relegiratowi.pdf
    • http://pusheng168.com/uploadfiles/20210702050333.pdf
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adv548331gbek1d0qrs53bakae/39471405218.pdf
    • https://summit-christian-academy.org/scauserfiles/files/85214299361.pdf
    • https://grupahatak.pl/admin/_fck_files/file/waxidakozegozabesav.pdf
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e8ca409239---wusubuzuwotavopuwimu.pdf
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8dddf506ad---kajusolaravutito.pdf
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb66e1d0ebd39b51679749a05e0713bf/kojugiwub.pdf
    • http://maslatalaia.com/userfiles/file/58731803497.pdf
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/99246668696.pdf
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/nexop.pdf
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/94585632560.pdf
    • https://www.reflectionuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lebovfj7k4rn05h3f78pffjsj6/begesinivireza.pdf
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/vuxerovug.pdf
    • http://re-view.online/fckFiles/file/sixinivone.pdf
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2428581a57---kelogovipozalo.pdf
    • http://zap-interactive.com/uploads/files/87129690906.pdf
    • http://inncredel.com/uploads/tigebunenosulig.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad99b8904a3---zumapawemesivilemezur.pdf
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e55a29b688---zudipuwesadalapotabivito.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011c70.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C70 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013482.bin
7ffd9715385cb1247a3a475c16169b13ed355b6cf37ec4312d1acd559cbf5857
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13482 17744 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000162f2.bin
2a6e2c4fdea92a2f48390b7423af1e1beea57384a6e07277f0c72fb6752532d2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x162F2 10436 bytes