Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76a242897ed543be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-08-09 11:31:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2cb26f7dbce094420270c1a52b913971 SHA-1: 0972e5125573d7591a1b010a4ff66fa6e954a167 SHA-256: 76a242897ed543bee84a4746438b384d2f46ad650caf79d872bc6bfa18b5aa15
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high probability of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. This suggests a potential phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://okuninka-biale.pl/userfiles/file/fezakijuzizaf.pdf
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3859de5fba7ee28e7aec7bccab410336/vugulemigopu.pdf
    • http://learnersdigest.org/userfiles/file/94628779692.pdf
    • http://joyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99815855573.pdf
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59d45lq1adomvfbtkj4fbout5a/dogatusunupixudodu.pdf
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f61b92850---kuxekugubetibiregototat.pdf
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af88bee7c90f0db23fd12d9457b92033/76365398838.pdf
    • https://www.perfumista.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/997cccdde7d57868a5bca871acd2deb8/xafojenapal.pdf
    • http://slp72.com/clients/7/7b/7b902bee17765b19ebdde6030f24742d/File/mibemovaligujisikomu.pdf
    • http://labsshop.com/d/files/gijumixaredu.pdf
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bef5c54b9da---40248968654.pdf
    • https://asiquim.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zawuzomifu.pdf
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc0eb27bcf---29660241808.pdf
    • https://dineflon.com//files/71656982476.pdf
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b82a2bdd4---towujagotedazenub.pdf
    • https://realestateconnect.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nml65d2mklngipbkaddc3ejhq4/78725343350.pdf
    • http://rentaruedas.com/files/others/gofirosewufiwe.pdf
    • https://sindonis.com/userfiles/file/kewofofarojuw.pdf
    • http://burchiellati.com/file_fck/file/xedibisilokodizir.pdf
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13521144af5909b138d1ed30d59e028d/lazebofupemag.pdf
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/2070756836.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=ignou+assignment+solved+2019-20+bag
    • 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_off0000e976.bin
6c49e3b4f6e7e895a70acdbc917ede2fe22e54a0263ea915aa8085943e6ad5ab
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE976 17544 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001173d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1173D 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012f54.bin
bcdd3ae6825750ce5a1bdeff3e93f4565dcac8deb2d48a6fd4e2c1b05e04ee49
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F54 11244 bytes