Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76ac8844a3e04a74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-07-28 14:33:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 4bc5a2e4709497937f3874c1c4d62b5e SHA-1: 6671ee3ed4ff50e93e536b94580d2962cc4eac85 SHA-256: 76ac8844a3e04a742b75c84d6b708e3ca18734cefafb3bcc6fb23d77266b038b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple links on potentially compromised or disposable domains suggests an attempt to evade detection and distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 https://3eyamaichi.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210704065220.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/chf5k3mj04n077512fr480f6i1/fuvaxixosuloxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74f463afb5148ac356ce4aefc9329e1e/73719642323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862b3448d62---korevumadepubiwapuwitales.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/99701685507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leilehua76.com/clients/4/4d/4d80c013f15dbe3c797666a457780dca/File/50140546968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f80fc6c3a8f---65238628958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa729ba802---83255614132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b48bdad724---61291214137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comiconfezioni.it/file/xuzutoporuvapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmusicdesign.nl/userfiles/file/87664616284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elfuklid.cz/foto/Image/file/3113704770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibeguiristain.com/userfiles/files/40363124626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/fivefigudizagez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/gujutiketibex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/37474042590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphambambi.com/webroot/img/files/mojosisisazevikawej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/58668512780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf0ff33f47---xukam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://almawred-sy.com/files/adminfiles/files/67269776762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/30764585501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089024f4e790---fasimamerojegasixesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7e3a5ef85---lavogusenen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2fb572ca76---ginoron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=miniature+dapple+dachshund+for+sale+near+mePDF 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_off0000e42d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE42D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC44 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 54cff6821ac40374bf18ba9dda80cfdec1f56c7ceff2c1b0b2f10a0d897df837
font_02_sfnt_off00011587.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11587 18012 bytes
SHA-256: 7f7754d922308cc1907eecb551ae4f714011f876b440abd2f62f3610d3baa7d2