Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0078a3bd29e9be57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 23:58:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: a63f113410cbe56d4beb0f519947e185 SHA-1: 8b5d7e1fa08add78de577b22b0361992b98d16b4 SHA-256: 0078a3bd29e9be57c173fcd7154782afbd870aee4d67eec637a4247600ef29ca
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=signs+of+kidney+infection PDF link annotation
    • http://goodtraefarm.com/ckupload/files/fuginetafosojufiniguta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088763cc81f8---35056292610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/dofupebesekodutixor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3124b70b13d3efa416cd29c37e92aca8/tupemizisuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keyflounge.nl/userfiles/file/sezubosazakimagit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fpvjjh6d4jnietsgeli0qe1c2/58138618101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faw-asia.com/image/upload/files/49809716038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/gaditadux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18ec28fb7a---mulugixitafulekizifagad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elateridae.com/images/FCKeditor/file/palajopareza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbufestival.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/88357715306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87b37c4ac7d695c1667b97ba3364bf31/davawaximekesonajaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://av-jet.ru/userfiles/file/pozizunokuxanet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2a8b63f2a3d5532aa12033aab8fe2bc/93792336051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8rvdmnbsfofco57tnmdlrn9t3l/75939961510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/377f33afdgmc1tjr63tpke4da5/3625650965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/95021329266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c15e675514f---tawurufixiwitel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d954a4d831e---zegusofotunazibowopepizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50eb75b804aab35a936c04bae6698d63/nitazazamezifer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundaihungthinh.com/uploads/images/files/filatanufaxuxitutojib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871f014ae90---2107992116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svrcontractors.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c68786b962217ea0388ca90251716351/jogujuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jorkurojus.com/userfiles/file/15665965199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607861d6bd64b---nobopolofazobasal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5074cbefc1540a01052e85e3e350bd9b/judidibugaxawezij.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_off0000f957.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF957 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001116e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1116E 10624 bytes
SHA-256: e381871e0ecd1308c77447b9ee3e1b16f31522b6229c56a34eef5e9b1b0006b2
font_02_sfnt_off000129a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129A6 18164 bytes
SHA-256: c3aa717ab42207dae096b43181abc0d44007363c0d2d799e63ae091802404438

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