Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76469a91d8139bcb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:28:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 905b4c38f7131bd58fee51796de56ea4 SHA-1: d8eca264eb2207703a2f5cf47bede608d9c66c66 SHA-256: 76469a91d8139bcb82fc366fce4863aa75a1530be1d932dae1dae1ed060baee2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggest the document functions as a link farm. This is likely intended to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e91990e670---81822883736.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://checopharma.com/upload/files/32224311025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e27dfc43bd---41387767012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a17ae2a97f0---94313526656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elfuklid.cz/foto/Image/file/beguniwegesuwitigagirexig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://footstepfloor.com/upfiles/files/25109057675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/81972163630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p0dqg8ii0vvr7o129lb7iphn1t/texazatux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ao1n7je2sf7nbgmqq28cepcrr8/51749430041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f8907e24e---47348939008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5328119103---judupiwamojosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecc763d3a9b53053d97a757808d172c8/67529232175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161084751d36d5---55559337763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r064788kgepr08bqlhg724sqj2/fokabamewubadomurituribe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095fbdb7d279---fajarenogomenoxewiber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagymester.com/userfiles/file/22407307105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf38ff3030---dilanur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polyacer-ecp.com/userfiles/files/20210823_152741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoletiziamasciotta.eu/userfiles/files/92794160097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16101053eb251c---5580502291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812b67bff91---muvivunijodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/15694714240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cableesmaltado.com/d/files/26765527720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msvadba.ru/files/file/62660058945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tck1q7h0r1op9qv0fab5kt72h/galejofawitenanop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=mazda+3+sport+black+manualPDF 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_off0000f0de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0DE 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 0d32d4f478b9bf39a7382abff16645cba39cc241a14c85dfcfcf728975f054ff
font_01_sfnt_off00010a51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A51 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012263.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12263 18680 bytes
SHA-256: c26d0d339981160902687492d3034dc4c5bf6d907e791ce684819cb77011eaa8