Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76bb1421f67ab2cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:08:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 4cbce2da0e01c1d4c34a44514fbeac2d SHA-1: 3972e8c10f6b4cb6da5da460690df18bcaea7e28 SHA-256: 76bb1421f67ab2cc99f01ec11c99628fcba4eaf7d708df655d822735712a170e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of malicious intent, likely involving T1059.007 (JavaScript) for exploitation within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://yar-net.ru/userfiles/file/sumasatifep.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://solee56.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10873177705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0fb3fe612b---49592347588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jorfn3evai58rtfpgii75cqr99/84870570036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aurorabersinar2.com/contents/files/duzevuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eba68bdbec5cd15f6c4c8ad049b5d43d/fipiloxovosiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b91274b45b---juwogekikafaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casabresciani.it/uploads/file/lomezekif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c10f81e2892---vekobiburad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrejaja.com/Upload/file/75888238305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/27142507207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee2dd95064b6f43cb6823b490c978324/gadawututo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0tsjhgbpjhrt3hpopftqtvdfe/negunaxumunodivasiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlight.cz/archiv/file/6915282862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826ada4804e---zuninaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/vanorojujotukobomopekozim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jmfh7ges212gdrop22rp74gh6i/28014849384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4b875b8f0---sonerisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab889d68ddf---tirijipumezunusujeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.su/userfiles/files/konodedesukijidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1a14c71c23---27521998194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spearsyounglegacy.com/clients/b/b2/b2c23f164518415ec8f3c1c8d0af542d/File/zisutomixemadikiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firesecurity.sk/userfiles/file/fomosemomovugofavukupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyhondaotomientay.com/upload/files/datamawifola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarylaspalmas.org/documentos/file/16704416838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=command+cisco+router+pdfPDF 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_off0000d877.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD877 18180 bytes
SHA-256: 924bd58d5df742c47ffc3d336f213d199bff42977034d72c9ed90d17ab071351
font_01_sfnt_off000107b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107B9 10864 bytes
SHA-256: b7207b23326cfe78b82a13da8eb54523a0ba926b5d538368bebae2c0b146d38c
font_02_sfnt_off000120d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1