Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76cf0b39e220108b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-08-13 19:49:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 34d74bde08fd48c4c8a20892a65acdca SHA-1: 3e1141b0c8478e5505ca0cc25dec5ea190bf7d56 SHA-256: 76cf0b39e220108b93fe5228bbad9039b68f8c4a1d4f211c01130e548c3833ff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to host and distribute malicious files. The presence of embedded JavaScript further indicates potential for malicious activity, such as exploiting vulnerabilities or downloading secondary payloads. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a malicious phishing intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://mppscstudy.com/admin/usercontent/file/86634737554.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb0487b83b---23421381360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lentes123.com/aym_image/files/wuperowuketo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguatta.it/userfiles/files/sufixuribobopix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/87976267685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fecf1a98ee0ab4110feba22c4c037c4/lofuzek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pavimentosyreformasferlu.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fegozukosawexajewuloru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/8753183049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qaoqcs5h1avuhq2pb2mglqhdg0/gosafajoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietaltop.com/userfiles/files/kugudebogatononilige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aromamarketing.md/img/files/sirekukogowux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webupdate.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q8j1bn826gvs0agsq5hbheat9m/8263317049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/kelemuzemexikiperifasik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852dbc601f4---linavakovuraxobib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111c0ad0f728---foxebunevawikiwuwegivudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b56c425915b50b8687566a223568d9df/40019959283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6ad507408---10810380085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharmtocairo.com/userfiles/files/835498330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/xobopilonerokozowasusan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73734646798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nmg.lv/img/uploads/files/26288590817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9u1ndtkc0e54jqv0qhsoocrpo5/jikotujuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=what+do+the+archangels+names+meanPDF 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_off00010083.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10083 10720 bytes
SHA-256: ff3fc94de202acdde4d66e24bccbfd1adc3b8a6a3484021197e2a82dac9b17c3
font_01_sfnt_off000118c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118C1 18724 bytes
SHA-256: 30b674fd40bb7df67242a186285cadf85a87d0395eca42047c0f0ed6e55f502e
font_02_sfnt_off0001480d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1480D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1