Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76bfe5e7657a9f13…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 21:47:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b94ce72125f1f7aaac5247d6ac880be7 SHA-1: 21b60403bcbd545e5f0737ae4f00a0591bec2df2 SHA-256: 76bfe5e7657a9f1394f289cca33d09527603213f14d22139791b399394d43c8b
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Numerous heuristics point to the document acting as a link farm, directing users to various compromised websites and potentially disposable hosting, likely to facilitate the download of further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cashzine+buzz+interact+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://jumpinfit.it/userfiles/files/gesegilevukajadame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/6270491939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://31app.com/userfiles/file/dokatosirogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rgcsmt.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/renewegumuriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141fd26433b0---71239935731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--knstlerische-biografie-arbeit-lbd.ch/userfiles/files/tagewiweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globaltranslation.com/demo/global_translation/beta/userfiles/files/99318865372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontiermea.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67453152054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24b40723ec6a4a30c029a0566b5b103d/vonijetexezudokagotamik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpqzl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15547616551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solentpodiatry.com/jackvl940/web/content/images_uploaded/file/zipojoruvudazatotuketak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146bc2ea4611---rireteke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holyfamilyhospitals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/totomozajis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-kurska.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/5497439045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalhousieretreat.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96023281365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vjlabor.pitscovn.com/uploads/Upload/files/4654335423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochisushi.nl/survey/userfiles/files/xegojobewakew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinawin-consult.com/userfiles/jatipanutazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtcongnghiepxanh.com/upload/fckimagesfile/mixejororekakurezuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anadolumatbaa42.com/genelresimler/file/nefuladesog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161345459d8ef1---fodibafavugudabaxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paintingwithapassion.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/soxopusulatufitekedaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://185.33.116.145/~acus01/upload/files/voberat.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/file/3124958539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro.ovh.net/~tribuene/images/banque/file/84118992403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cb76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB76 17196 bytes
SHA-256: 3ebf1a87d513c9c8bdc4dd0a417918ab2bbc0b66bb99985cba02f0f7193e3e5f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f84e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF84E 10728 bytes
SHA-256: c68158c744f5656956dd376e94a34c5df1c36af56bbf5e975e24536477468819
font_02_sfnt_off000110c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1