Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75f7354478e79fb3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 04:55:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e9edca6db568b27654a3537b97aa2956 SHA-1: 3a6c802147f22325b87cc3f8e9f189e7174b2d38 SHA-256: 75f7354478e79fb37ea9686dfd85de7eca1200edd36a6a5afb36892aeb36da89
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm for SEO poisoning or phishing. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall structure points to a malicious PDF designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f1b2488550---pumigibeturemu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://branpc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sinenijabetum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/31686760279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1j3mulvnujc2nik81ip2q4p41/gaxokezemilutafitup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytechplus.com/userfiles/file/46773324298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2f8c19b741---jajoferobuzupamogubojebut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd7f3bee5b8---fobulinefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cistenivytahu.cz/upload/file/49774965872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f706313ac---8302602801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d4sontario.ca/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/jiweranivevatazelagufita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/vutatowemetasetekoxigapef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erictex.com/ufiles/files/69813752756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36989f8047955c9dd3a75b7f2c59a2de/14725991775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel.com/contents/files/9767707111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhuaduongnhapkhauaz.org/upload/files/53813149298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/videsalaken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c785712bc87ba86bd930247105f2137/65721057564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malifer.hu/upload/file/kufasepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/84167156997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871ec9c86c4---movex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f564779df009b5d443d4407bde675832/zozudol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzataruhaz.hu/files/file/dowogonoremubifujumaraxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9653f5e6c5---21668809046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.eu/userfiles/file/xegulejupofalekenosutuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=les+journaux+algeriens+en+arabe+aujourd%27hui+pdfPDF 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_off0000d0e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0E4 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 55e17c6b26261ff659290a48c17a05bd2efd78fe8fd4309fe1e78f1039a743dd
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA61 19700 bytes
SHA-256: 66bf2fcb5a0880836905a9e179a8cc0996ee9579cb4713e080d71780712883a7
font_02_sfnt_off00011b54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1