Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 770b3c17d9798f83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 15:55:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 78557b0fb6ff829adc14dd6efd4d4623 SHA-1: 643c59a2c25c2180ace5523a8a3c1ba2092e9bf2 SHA-256: 770b3c17d9798f83480e476c5467e2a80c5537ebef543aa5b045368bfa07c405
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to distribute second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 7

  • PRC/3D content in PDF medium CVE related PDF_PRC_3D
    PDF contains PRC 3D content. PRC/U3D parsers have been a recurring Adobe Reader attack surface; treat as a related parser-exploit indicator rather than a specific CVE match.
  • 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.
  • 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://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830f1265c8d---foxokilanuxopisiwiwosu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://borgopitti.it/userfiles/file/14712976134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gabinetpro.pl/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/sedodedujixuviborax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/60925927927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absigorta.come/file/kuxukifusedasaresifodedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jump360.co/upload/files/20210807005805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fb84626d2bb7e02c7fe2324155543d6/1165412155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093047d9b51c---vamazelakenuxanivas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c21946d89bf---wuxubikuxaserazej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ne1fctgaosi3gs2bsb028ja72g/bajigunotibuxesirofusiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anaksemut.com/contents/files/82602796424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16037290216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eda6e7274b0---27923163949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/63196206016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bartuceviri.com/userfiles/file/84153072565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interativacorretora.com/fotosempresa/files/45719931944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ed3815f10825dfd8cd358f23f670066/13041114725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shriadinathbank.com/uploads/17988911301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chungcungoaigiao.vnpec.xyz/uploads/files/2379383018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d667bc85265---29839319452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753a8685af7---85000069060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalikraft.com/images/file/37531651430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=coordinazione+oculo+manuale+e+motricit%C3%A0+finePDF 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_off0000e3b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3B5 17136 bytes
SHA-256: 7592f2e2a59dba0ae42d1b607ecdf518ef79e5ec9efb26714ca1d301d4a54f5e
font_01_sfnt_off00011055.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11055 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 1394b32e35038a106911b371aa7b794d059ea3b3a1801ca6df26d6e524237c55
font_02_sfnt_off000128f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128F8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1