Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 760550e40c04cec7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 02:44:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 34bf829be2d3a855828fea5912f2541a SHA-1: c0c3ebfacea881d35ddf75438528157ad686245b SHA-256: 760550e40c04cec7ee377e84a7dfd001d2f6b1e3b59d8837b166eb0fc3718a99
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress instances or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a common PDF-based lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://bigandtallking.com/userfiles/file/62427777163.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/vujenomesefefexuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j0ks6mqekj4hfhhcmkgfce6vs7/nibelovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed6f670ac9---42825673656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renknh.com/ckupload/files/lexomizutamalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engineersclasses4competition.com/files/others/nukujulamedefusajibalipiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.com/userfiles/files/74913966455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/vunuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/ruzakodego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7bc18b7fbb---kanez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/suvomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gr07ptkiplv75bstvhap264m53/88960037957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/79156112015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michellenevinracing.com/FCKeditor/file/86766787581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a21fa84d1f---97212228473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perlawarmii.pl/userfiles/file/dowediso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmapmc.com/userfiles/image/files/54526965503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xosobacninh.vn/webroot/img/files/78733452209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o6hlhbvbocjj7jfd8scmnmq1j1/topipateroriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s-h.cc/uploads//files/202108020936039227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ef8f7189e42c06f517ef46fff159799/rapufolemos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cungcapthitdetuoi.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/pivemimesuxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omak1968.com/clients/71178/File/febofitufaluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usateatop.com/_upload/files/17982477512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s4ba66155mgsndh6b56udklge0/kepukojugukubalil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=simple+weight+loss+tips+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_off0000c744.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC744 10740 bytes
SHA-256: e59136795414ceedfb2256dbe5c4b819d144c5ba1a2f1e21788c00f82515a96e
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFC3 17784 bytes
SHA-256: 686cd6cd16a210897d7bb23d00f1e06240ea31a738e30a1458c9129084288a1c
font_02_sfnt_off00010d2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1