Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc76bf051bf5c1de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.2 KB Created: 2021-09-30 10:15:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b6baa6517ccefb902aa375a457c68bc2 SHA-1: 03998241de2e91913d92ad153231979a586c1631 SHA-256: fc76bf051bf5c1de969eb581c40891f5c5ef72d3522713c1f25822eb0085f441
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=iqiyi+apk+latest+version
    • http://oikoscoccatoarchitettura.com/userfiles/files/nifodezevokagewerale.pdf
    • https://markyatirim.com/resimler/files/jovetubopin.pdf
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613db805ef32a---gidoj.pdf
    • http://phanphoiongnhuahoasen.vn/upload/files/26643725951.pdf
    • http://studiocommercialedelpiano.it/userfiles/files/fovozawij.pdf
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents/files/puwara.pdf
    • http://avvocatoandreabruschi.it/userfiles/files/ripibidejimesuramumuvagi.pdf
    • http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93309479015.pdf
    • http://yuanhebiotech.com/upload/files/taradinagogapude.pdf
    • https://obchodsezlatem.cz/upload/files/wudapimofegapeligevi.pdf
    • http://fotofolliasanlazzaro.it/userfiles/files/moduzemubiza.pdf
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145c3a632ba0---piganupup.pdf
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b85e1d71b3751fcedfb3e5cd979c4817/gizagi.pdf
    • http://jtg-antracyt.pl/files/file/99439072920.pdf
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161418a38de90c---sonikopenofomidazetuvevev.pdf
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dbf723a33d---xefowetonipipelu.pdf
    • http://foxgraphics.paulsfashion.in/files/nanixuligabosufeve.pdf
    • https://samajsutra.com/userfiles/files/62913692278.pdf
    • https://alcc.c-zentrix.com/ALCC/mail_attachments/multitenant-ws-01/1/1630959188.pdf
    • https://vasantviharproperties.com/userfiles/file/paruwadipefipexovafiwi.pdf
    • http://zenithmetals.com/files/zovodatisegulinepigib.pdf
    • https://olterus.com/contents/files/17862743.pdf
    • https://conrays.ru/f/data/63957373176.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_off0000b3ae.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3AE 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbc0.bin
0937fd93a7a9698492f8a162d0185997a2727bec068e594d1ac82e13b194215d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBC0 17096 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6d8.bin
1014ee4cbbef7680662464f614e9fed75a7ef1b64d79645d390db7aef6347b2e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6D8 10612 bytes