Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 760cc318963ad24d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-06-27 21:02:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8b918e83999e3c154cb85a33d59fdb34 SHA-1: c56f1d3d7fad35145ba5ed62bfb924e8237f686f SHA-256: 760cc318963ad24d78c9e1fdc96e42da966f48afd11f196ac8970787c5895fd5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external PDF files hosted on various domains, suggesting it functions as a link farm or redirection mechanism. The presence of PDF link farm heuristics and embedded URLs points towards an attack pattern focused on directing users to potentially compromised or malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://bakwanudang.com/contents//files/fesulimifakumusifa.pdf
    • http://ebbers-schilderwerken.nl/uploads/files/tazimazuwukovomaxududapak.pdf
    • http://a1-automotivegroup.com/upload/files/kemixabugakopotuduzis.pdf
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bd9b9c222bf7105df260432fd36d087/90574433667.pdf
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/vufidawuvuvedojivo.pdf
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe935176da---vojuxe.pdf
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/28622091473.pdf
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/na8jrfgboaodr2cb47stmh0p9n/55758864856.pdf
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984cc08d6c2---tuxawisememuruxonovow.pdf
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/lelabilif.pdf
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36633142516f67b71335350462ef5289/paxobuxemilolututi.pdf
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0klhka9opcdndsdikhsd5lb971/73747387007.pdf
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c79a5fb76e2---8578129242.pdf
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28a0726auj394qp25fv414ck3g/davabidu.pdf
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/3545846496.pdf
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/017d0a17841d520936652fa422186782/xulazojelozewulutadajiv.pdf
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc7f288d68f1afbfddb0ed9a74d6ebc2/93474040842.pdf
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982d1e79017---70070323459.pdf
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f0eed3a78c---tavevugofobadegenufumi.pdf
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/38999564450.pdf
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aaf1051541---bozorojib.pdf
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2817f9a4ce43ec451cf185e2673937ee/94854039148.pdf
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804859400be---59091595475.pdf
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d23009331---sefowitugovegetef.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=lovely+weather+for+a+sleigh+ride+together+lyrics
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c6ab.bin
53bc43769f41169143640407d88e615f7d90e3e523657ed1c47d341834cf69a1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6AB 16816 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f16d.bin
7d437b299cafbca4863c72f9d168e633f650f7478dc5128d5f56b730c1da64f3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF16D 10872 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010a94.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A94 16792 bytes