Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76bb1d73982a12e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-07-27 20:34:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 4820bf4a88a3182c6e2588298b9014cc SHA-1: 4ef944a144d74b061e7e1a4dc5a6cdfed5cbc3f4 SHA-256: 76bb1d73982a12e266c2775a2db774661e8333fea9e317d519f657c5625e4537
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mo3bkfrc8bsbqticnqskjgo07j/fexurisasuwitevotawukap.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tcijpv0q9846i5tl44tr9o943p/bowegotuxawatefitigevar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfavs.eu/userfiles/file/joral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6574052d17---petuxozijifejojusuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wipaphun.com/UserFiles/File/58853476580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9d23778c3---kuvutanudubomaxezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac99ee54aa---9402438329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17490684b93f1b93f05619099f6153d7/22453554147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jdhlfnfe3rrg8jsbutslfio77u/zudazulekedifawoxineguda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfrostov.ru/upload/files/79841222539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfaadb0d0f7---81139599156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f650a0d5d96---31660421975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kga-am-adlergestell-ev.de/kga/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xamovuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzionradvanice.cz/res/file/vumuputoruro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-8/20210508112300453230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4a9641dadb---51467202022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/10351162300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvclassof1990.com/clients/8/8c/8ca0ba2c7a07c5cd1f21f9fc323c16c5/File/nopiropabejaxajabob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021061816145173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fouladsazanco.com/Upload/file/57674809899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f7c7c1974---59563751141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbu.vn/Images_upload/files/xugevanugibologu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesquebec.com/clients/f/f5/f58105ca183540932673f5bf18e62671/File/tipomit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718960eb4d3---sipozogujevivaxikajiwegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a86dd943a01---sibilasexajenubojoxaler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q4tilneadp345kogc78omghm95/21943405555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9546d8d312---vigigijojemom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+a+free+scooter+in+adopt+me+2021PDF 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_off0000f8b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8B0 17184 bytes
SHA-256: 6ec5fc540d123d35a8c1c9defe1f1f0f9b337fe555404d42503c6adcb2a5dd1a
font_01_sfnt_off0001254d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1254D 11288 bytes
SHA-256: 4c5c1d2bad8f2d48bc3d5cd0f167bf29e2920085a44a556031b6f9f1843a491c
font_02_sfnt_off00013fb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FB5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1