Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 075bc41ccdfa2630…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 01:17:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c4c5bf8ed486316bf9144e6ae5fd140d SHA-1: 7066ebdbc30f37ec70bcd6ed818d453e345735e1 SHA-256: 075bc41ccdfa2630c863f87d4abb4983854812f67cab87a0dba9ddef2109309e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous embedded URLs strongly suggest it is designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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=free+printable+letter+t PDF link annotation
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/atdoqvdlc0v3lml16otmner8mp/44174811052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8219f08e7f---68935743608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021051612455573499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/5016910371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af432cf789---jevupulimamaluzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd2820f706cd225ab27f35dfb0205fa4/60044706842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c44e3a51830---72986473931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5a77fd7d2c1ce18a89356368eefa1c6/44307528632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propertiproperty.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/pikulukamamawomebuxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41e3aeba41---jegivofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4uevsbodiquopvco7uian2iiu8/zojufulemikugegiwufug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e87dd3b7730ca44a56379b6a8220d02/pugig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074809c40529---jutalutixubetowezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80d8ac75b1e32b8d02dc7dc19387e73b/mezewerazabas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/57484231102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202105/file/digamanekugakab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/nifuguvipokoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b21fd71b972---futetugewafiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6ceecc3a25859844bd016960e2afece/18874396935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe99cdaa6d---zopizinozutavuduxaguziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/101cfb42cc04b9547862cc06f861d868/59676262986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/207408692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e16670970a98b627e63604535c5aa2f9/85298371252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9u2n79do23nvqg5glak230rdn/kosubax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/25910862713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/69929627311.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_off0000e9e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010200.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10200 10076 bytes
SHA-256: 8e8d439b52f7b7cf55c48aaf59b2772331ee4138caa77e981ade5892bf9fcd3d
font_02_sfnt_off00011835.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11835 17248 bytes
SHA-256: 9391f347c5f2b7091459626f26f3fd1733175e341e2425f43f3f331bf9bc2b35