Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76bebdce0c361d15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-07-06 01:01:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 12e73b47079f9ded33a2f45dddd888ff SHA-1: 1e2099c7dedbc435f9d2cade35349652e1538d09 SHA-256: 76bebdce0c361d15921fd3764d8f5177d85fd431084e036010dba1170daf3c4a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://comp-art.ru/userfiles/file/lafelukopaluvosoxekow.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/261750ad71f2a1cb33882508313877eb/xipijawodewaludebisep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruppocinofilomarsalese.com/userfiles/files/firuwilizemevurij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautifulmoda.com/userfiles/files/vojiworusepidipoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gopherandsquirrelcontrol.com/admin/images/file/25858432715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7166867.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dofafekenutoboxizawara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/979a1c5377fec76ad8a6318c164e69c8/sojivelok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1922c33980---90508930785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac588e8ea21---19281097722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/18784554503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/45675997379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vothe0ke59956879adf104bv74/zivapimimutivoteweruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aytekinpolatel.com/image/files/tasekiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuderprogettazione.it/userfiles/files/jumapanopagatekego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8572fbt3u558p2jjk53i73ru4p/netivawetofefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archerelectricsupply.com/userfiles/file/dukikuraloluviro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b602baa8c---tafosokoropisure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pallenberg-busreisen.de/uploads/files/40625150287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liccuza.ro/stiri_files/file/57889037943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-sincere.com/upfiles/editor/files/jadasopinata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ned.ru/uploads/files/26880577604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3a72d22df7866da5601f954690409b4/7996255220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pttaccounting.com/userfiles/files/zurejaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=one+love+for+the+two+of+us+lyricsPDF 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_off0000e15e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE15E 17304 bytes
SHA-256: 9cfa17508a3e103954631293e67646be8dd09a581c5c9fa3ac85898ec6e6645d
font_01_sfnt_off00010ea0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EA0 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 17f4cf668907ffb59525b2c3ecb6b3a5e7ca5ed1e291f93c9abf1149ebf5bb56
font_02_sfnt_off0001271f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1271F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1