Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76aec8fc21dc4749…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 17:24:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c2da9a76d9c74cb9cece0b1cf513428d SHA-1: c821bcfe8f11e217b15f81662e490246e56f2bcf SHA-256: 76aec8fc21dc4749482935078d9e056dfd8b905401b538758ebdcfe4bb23b931
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://aljazeerahpetroleum.ae/userfiles/files/8035987145.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/93320242298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072582c64147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/kufegizadakaxulopoxexez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d02e5b850843249290980c3790244e73/13803137992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/file/kebugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1mosref.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bolulomoxomife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intestinalfortitude.org/clients/0/0c/0cf504f131cb0201443a7bd449519f4a/File/kitebewupub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/kibugevobikunimupemafav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eperon-kochersberg.com/img_db/49302442599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160752d3d24fdb---pumuluboxufeveviwokupof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607673543dcd1---nitifomijagizukawal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloc-immo.com/images/73690909652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cncostruzioni.com/userfiles/file/zebafogefeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16129ec901bf32---gopopibiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff51169242---duzoresimukagowilexir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semineebrasov.ro/printuri-fi/files/fuxagovilerokuxedawusuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o400t0e0120q1oossu15ugt37o/xusupajal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgrappresentanze.eu/userfiles/files/gefiduwuluxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b21d4a3e0---xejoruwiwarojusogiwimikol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasairamenbar.com/uploads/files/73824732990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csptech.net/admin/userfiles/file/70103673984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed2e7ee4e47---61603997329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0f48b5fe49---55584287116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf952d335d3---6453685025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161044ea8d8abc---4225714997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=plural+nouns+worksheets+first+gradePDF 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_off0000d9f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9F7 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 598985d53e7542ce6803217f78a651b05b234d3c8691cecabc8ee2225a462e6c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f309.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF309 20060 bytes
SHA-256: db48aa77a65737da9fcd844f561eedbc1b817ac2801ac43a7c010b5baf3c43cf
font_02_sfnt_off00012760.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12760 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1