Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76e9d125d4f2bae4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-08-24 02:25:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f4118a42fc42627cc03a250c01e76e76 SHA-1: 0acc30f3bd43adaba97edafe1f86fdf9cf5242b1 SHA-256: 76e9d125d4f2bae4422b4f0a09de9f247ebc41f2eac4a3349776587dab1047b7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, a common tactic for distributing phishing content or malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URLs suggest the document's purpose is to lure users to external malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df46588c052909126a0cda01e2367c6d/90270489835.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0e2b8b9ca64bf263fd8d3ef37434551/depobawuzevon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bj380p7vkd2cu6jh63g2jdgk3f/99998407208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/domeganelila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/94159010819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5j92ppp7kq7i3puegf3r1u57gs/dunofizususejuwot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4bbf229d0756a8db1e99b64d55b119c/jojap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a1300586f03430d96149792ae03e202/xinifagevifitapobutijot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salwangurugram.com/files/65875947838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e26a418063---76697016722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123fd8d22a5a---65920165742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamilannuaire.com/var/www/vhosts/vps296430.ovh.net/tamilannuaire.com/images/file/lisuwuzaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e975506f9cc---nexafelize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa1b4eebc4a0fc4f5330d5de3f423e83/97145247776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdef0a54352---48951775737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rh-h1tapi-turbo.com/contents/files/zaxeweloxuzadavalovezafub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926df91b323---lodegisomitaturijemikebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veiligheidssloten.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuweker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klpa.net/userData/board/file/74705905781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maudchristan.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuguwejijexonozaxivamapim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mbjarrahi.com/UploadedFiles/New/file/30132195737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa63008286---nitomawazidugawivekesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cca8d24bbb---12870820410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/fobawagapevekoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rootbeadmill.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-20/20210820162712220108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diysmart.net/userfiles/file/48045536742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+chrome+to+pdfPDF 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_off0000db45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB45 16636 bytes
SHA-256: 1c672968f4539005dc3ce187c91c3a476637daa3675cdaec463effb41dd0ffb3
font_01_sfnt_off00010690.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10690 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ea7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EA7 10836 bytes
SHA-256: ecb1308f21d8eff27dfbe5c401a50321961e8f15461f7f1cf6fbb20b21cc356e