Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77516b37d527d355…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:12:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 17403175d0195f4f777db4d7e5ada835 SHA-1: 710bd0ebd08451051517d58323486d6ecca8d639 SHA-256: 77516b37d527d355445ba136113fd76767a2faf49fa0a7bea5f0244a9a86b071
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ML classifier and ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution, consistent with a spearphishing attachment attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=william+morris+red+house+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://caphegiabao.com/upload/fck/file/zuzaweva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1aa2126132850edcf206451a70b50c34/40886222299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd97b0f2bb---dukapinedadifiwatarikozik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ffe81ddc8---86808393109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thomasgearon.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/76225976875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63db5b3c1bd688f13c2a55dec99a9c78/pojovuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc10d660bdd---55442944536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/22025437275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/bilumolewifatojipukibaxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maybomnuocdanang.com/uploads/image/files/48659681550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wearefamilypalestine.com/clients/3/3b/3bc38fc23f9ffb54b20226cbd6ad6ce3/File/limolexulakovurivumig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/56168599620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americandeliorder.com/uploads/files/sirotixev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babyindex.nl/images/uploads/13294427568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wugelateg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/38142503717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michelbarbot.com/upload/files/kuvelizodefagilogaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/gajopesifusadagar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaint-house.com/images/blog//file/58155202788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/nefukusajawub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibunajcc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55835589501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reachcast.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b25150a7d792e7533dad906dc6a5f442/7292677709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iuoelocal870.com/kaizen/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mesujozawokivunaxomaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b60e32116a1---faxonikiruraxagiruve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drishtinetcom.in/FCKeditor/file/jutujuxasepebi.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_off0000ff95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF95 10656 bytes
SHA-256: db2aac6b4fd8f1cbcfad158a6b1bf14be410790bf4ef843af294458e5ca325c2
font_01_sfnt_off000117ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013001.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13001 18108 bytes
SHA-256: 69fbb4aa0bb46acf7f78da08412098e1909676663c81aad04fc67dec0204a312