Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 762d9a60f44444ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-08-15 07:59:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: eb30b36881f9810111725ad3a245ac85 SHA-1: f0954dd2793c83b6bc6dc69060da1cbb80fba501 SHA-256: 762d9a60f44444bad013d07d2301460be828813be3d414f13a2128a90ce4a7ce
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, hosting numerous URLs that point to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories or other disposable hosting. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest it is used for phishing or distributing further malicious content, aligning with Spearphishing Attachment tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://eseninternational.com/uploads/files/tugujulunatajidowab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610bbcefdf580---88628327773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ondebiz.com/userfiles//file/34063396899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmanagement.net/userfiles/file/64317636512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donghobaoan.com/uploads/files/67780287862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aecc10a7ce---46680370990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c4ca4aa64---31787363590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6172b1fe55510251364c32f762a436cd/fidezan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb498b57e5---48761571211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sehs67.com/clients/e/e0/e078d4d0076166a7bb489ca3b3a583ab/File/guxilanenunabizabipigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6abf13ec1---10369368115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piemonteforyou.it/userfiles/file/mudosixazonuwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inmaabiladi.com/userfiles/files/98836189835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikansambel.com/contents//files/kulewizibasewijazajor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biodent.ro/m4fm_files/m4news/ck-uploads-files/99620013827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honda-vo.com/upload/file/81283791274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thangmayedex.com/webroot/img/files/mosizixamabod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturpix.ch/cmsimages/file/19209100312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac8bab8b7e---jifakoxejowiwiposafusugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmuniontravel.com/userfiles/file/lesude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bc31e8a1ed2835bdc8297581515f2c1/14812603359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab55a00c576---redexuxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+change+my+ink+cartridge+on+an+hp+printerPDF 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_off0000d758.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD758 16764 bytes
SHA-256: d8f0cb97cf0125975edccfef5a07381d1ed4dd5ee2738770a82f8f1f03f0f983
font_01_sfnt_off0001030b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1030B 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 50a29ae4bfec0a8a21020d6776029bed94b962ed1709e6f21a5aa791dc0b7c9c
font_02_sfnt_off00011c4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1