Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76e91967e4a4bc75…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-09 01:45:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3a5bb9d32e7c0a062618e51df698cd28 SHA-1: f347c4a30d8b4868692887d7b90477c6d1abb7dd SHA-256: 76e91967e4a4bc758370ff1d0061c38eed824b2b6299eacb038f2a033513c3a6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure suggests it's designed to lure users to external sites, potentially for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132274f379b7---2225385731.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ocptecnology.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/kemiwumamepidabekin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eurosecurimed.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rujozozalokadeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godparents4tz.org/home/god/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vatupukokikokej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gloria-eurex.com/images/blog/file/fizoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationshield.ae/userfiles/files/rezadodiriwonomadapep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolnoslaskialarmsmogowy.pl/imgturysta/files/26495706857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orlickachata.cz/files/files/gefaxapemujatuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargo-box.com/uploads/files/37308603321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveletrust.com/basefile/traveletrustcom/files/fizis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132d73ad046e---8879314415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/xenisimisafurilik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rgn2u.com/userfiles/files/89613012623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serka.com/serka/upload/files/getajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ark-mr.com/data/home/qxu2063190031/htdocs/uploadfile/files/kavogiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddc-touggourt.dz/ar/files/2360474961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/586a4bf8ce74e58c09c2aef5613c31c2/50147775058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abc-tel.ru/data/File/20885165101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecodiagnost.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zezozejezopezub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/file/varironowum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42-6kcdlkbomh7beggito5p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/ferilarifoliwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kortennis.co.kr/B/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wobiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=genshin+1.4+codesPDF 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_off0000d4f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED04 18008 bytes
SHA-256: c33832b98513289111b63a82c15dbe7aaa0ce01ca981524dde7f93e65178c9a4
font_02_sfnt_off00011b84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B84 10296 bytes
SHA-256: 85cf249a0833d52dd7138943118e992935e4bcef0a291f7d13408b817352b2dd