Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76fbbf0624fbf66b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 07:24:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 62e1f4651e75c8720ac11c6559ac145a SHA-1: 1524e98b270d5eb85d9a055c3da046d77e2649b4 SHA-256: 76fbbf0624fbf66b379d7d894ff64aea9af2572287993af8753d8b1b00f43637
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+play+store+settings PDF link annotation
    • http://impex-italia.it/userfiles/files/81055401753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9deb84144fff0be311cc42e603062bf1/fufogazixatetudexom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salamino.pl/userfiles/file/3988823022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmbbq.com/uploads/files/xodupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzhqhi.com/d/files/mufegiwemele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalgroup.at/tmp/24714090250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aggmy8c6c.net/UserFiles/File/sijugewonaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/67507743643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graciaindoutama.com/kingkong/userfiles/files/pidusenugex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietsinphar.com/uploads/files/56343283582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-brno.com/files/70772448913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614562f02bc3a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcraregistration.com/UploadedData/file/nukunubedodibimadeboba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/81698917939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaodontuonglai.vn/uploads/ck_upload/files/87895929611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fencefactoryny.com/userfiles/file/kukofoduzuxaduguxotud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://client.diffuse.info/files/28696617242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fisioterapiasuzzara.it/userfiles/files/3155023381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dawahcity.com/userfiles/file/32943974811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebsulmare.com/userfiles/files/11483190922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d1sbp0plu9cvk2ascs1b1o9uu/limegorule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxxbs.com/uploadfiles/file/a/nujalinegesiwezifuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135b77fa7e41---bedokowukiwuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crossfit28.com.s125853.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/54016832670.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_off0000db1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB1D 17396 bytes
SHA-256: 9716b6db284241301aa184196d7197ee0999ad74512a40aefbb311b8b64a54e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010823.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10823 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 7b5176deb43452384545e30a8c4bff02d04fc2aac15bbd05a962e2bdad408474
font_02_sfnt_off00012083.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12083 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1