Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77318fa0503fdd4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-11 05:57:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: dce3ed14a705b9302651d3e25907ead3 SHA-1: 04da524b58f2094bc8af71ee553936677290ab91 SHA-256: 77318fa0503fdd4f4083f5cddda49492859a6c08dbc1dbf8f7be3aa396d5fae9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The heuristic 'SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON' suggests a lure to encourage user interaction with these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://sandp-engineering.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14983299856.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://volker-issmer.de/userfiles/file/5001459161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationalcoopadvisors.com/userfiles/files/bowewunuzatagirivutolewib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pibar.tw/uploads/files/202109030653407624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozhelalikram.de/resimler/files/67899072802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://7mark3t2-7aya.com/contents/files/rutefazibimasiben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yodishit.com/uploads/userfiles/file/sojawazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://styrexon.cz/userfiles/file/xizolobazizifepulofaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393947d0414---kaluxokirakupupirarur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n81bnii8cnf1obbnktkuguuv2g/poxasanefitawupevijasija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greentreeprep.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kudefikipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1snrpaulista.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88736200647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpils.com/userfiles/file/zodide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-zheleznodorozhnyi.ru/upload_picture/file/baxedugavifadidafebus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131723c74f3f---5108556280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bcacd70e3a---72750437142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbezcba9a5aggb3j.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58603011826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139a4da16dd4---50779823380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bywuf.org/upload/editor/files/98105371152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubecomments.com/ci/userfiles/files/58693109941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swissies.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87386042589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanespresso.com/espresso_ckfinder/userfiles/files/sojugofekenex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/69758853235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thsport.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dimopolunoliva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unstitchedfootwear.net/files/file/77443672117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assotechne.eu/userfiles/files/89273149972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=cheat+for+idle+heroesPDF 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_off0000e9cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9CB 10380 bytes
SHA-256: 87a55df4fcdb0bcadf28ed960ab6e564b67c0689cf58bf453d77860562109214
font_01_sfnt_off00010169.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10169 18612 bytes
SHA-256: 90d8c2165c856b87d1aa2f1b2280b251fcb28b5b99fbfcd3548b56a398515680
font_02_sfnt_off000131b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1