Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 768e3342475085fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-08-04 10:54:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d7a469273b1584c9041222a61a9ce10a SHA-1: 291b4135d44e9e4e1e505eab7745de96b8d6c630 SHA-256: 768e3342475085fbd7cc76130035fb461ef98012dfbe7e397db90e91b8392e3a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The file's structure and the nature of the URLs point towards a spearphishing attachment as the initial attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://zonweringbelgie.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobubilarolafurebivixemu.pdf
    • http://computerdoki.hu/user/file/kizagafozafuzotebal.pdf
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qcg963eqr03l1aki2brrq1mas1/lutejirujedazuse.pdf
    • http://ikkosushi.com/uploads/files/59922639855.pdf
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09b6a109d0177b4d07a470053c7686c3/82149898342.pdf
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070459fe1685---72484047310.pdf
    • http://jr-bang.com/uploadfiles/20210623151243.pdf
    • http://cci100.com/clients/57496/File/rugele.pdf
    • http://www.dogwoodagility.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vobisegigetaraxifijofe.pdf
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ee680352f---97413494157.pdf
    • http://rideco.hu/upload/file/wuxununoxobowu.pdf
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04847efec4---tekevanisifefevamusavo.pdf
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/juvokokax.pdf
    • http://angeladaniel.eu/uploads/files/pirebukikakoxen.pdf
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d061640e2d2---54228561425.pdf
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f1977f108c---vesudegabulajojuterubad.pdf
    • http://mulherinscampground.com/clients/879992/File/sedabuzapo.pdf
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/21056333738.pdf
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26ad898a69af2dc3991b0d67f864d33a/rikud.pdf
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/7883006537.pdf
    • http://jaatkinson.com/userimages/riteveviradexoki.pdf
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44104255509d046760b0f8e05b03a147/84583390490.pdf
    • http://yesilderecine.com/admin/editor_resim/file/36794020996.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=ensemble+et+application+exercice+corrig%C3%A9+pdf
    • 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_off0000f700.bin
289736c2d6ef4d2bcf15f0d8951ca6205c0bb4cd8783f940b85741199893312f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF700 11340 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000110f8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110F8 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001290a.bin
1f62d93f48c1be17b0d934a3f3145dc24ed2cfaa182f8fa0c26c3f16e5eee822
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1290A 18716 bytes