Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75bbc452d9747510…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 05:43:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 7b60ef78a690e154951560de89afe244 SHA-1: d5667ca1602dbf231b490b209ae70f9191e90fae SHA-256: 75bbc452d9747510a0ee3d2da7c6a10ab3e68ffdfa659c32c1279f35e6ccee5a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are structured as a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the URL structure suggests a lure to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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 http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b09c889c2d4---6931702711.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a03cc002b86---80166228367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotteppta.com/beta/assets/file/furabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazdooradda.com/userfiles/file/1708472521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d2b469b88---kababuvexuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarlampa.ru/upload_picture/zuparaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standdominica.org/files/files/762892700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/zuvafezalam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea6e382e7b---ferinevifajiwok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/983e8ca1224323f08e6bab34058ea131/83865115924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd403c9394---pobolul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084db013f3d9---zidibosutipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/79652278308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ahc5dmrl5quddrk16nc6gccgnq/gudugitamexogegigunesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607901e21196f---wojusapujipomades.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ae6806727---lodimukefizem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf4c863544---95255252991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ugiad9rj862va6vfjb2equjmte/guxagomaruzuzil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23905ng8d009s0tvk4u8a4lfsq/wotokalifidagokifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1721b0e13f5ad28198351c9db5d41230/rusapasodewasuwesawuxixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df38e02ca95---depulog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l1v52p9r2dr9aaavbuhfpp4hlv/migajafuzulopodenag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070232fda419---64148698923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mav-auto.ru/images/file/91685935293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c27769509a7---70792085782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=copper+ii+sulfate+lewis+structurePDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000cc63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC63 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 74269eb168dac104f6d7ce6a0363cf14d541c13f3074e8688e7be54f3c1b3a43
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4CF 16244 bytes
SHA-256: 745431eaebe301b2c2770d5b060f85951498f746b1a717b92170540948c7a4fb
font_02_sfnt_off00010edb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EDB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1