Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77755dbfe4c368cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-07-27 10:58:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: cd180a8f3e24d0b08338d8c1f8dee23e SHA-1: dc2c978a8324cb4d948f2ca9130b3be0fbd2193c SHA-256: 77755dbfe4c368cc0610b9e4683b619180ecf9976117a055fd750d2e28f4796a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised websites, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malware or submitting sensitive information. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of disposable hosting reinforce its role as a distribution point for malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 6

  • 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 https://coevent.ru/upload/files/xujowemizuvasov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://somersetcountybar.org/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/96271683128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25e3375db660bacff0dd5a891f239205/gimixolinivoxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096395b23d8c---kimopilivuwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honda-vo.com/upload/file/vaferexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba36828625a---fajegexenipadeduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weddingitaly.jp/images/file/5351607181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocquyhiem.com/userfiles/image/file/96496460244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atol-res.pl/uploads/file/vilegafigoziveko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db9fc1ba66---90679189607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abce903650b---80924545664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://74ahs.com/clients/2/2a/2a132ee8da0778863662fd4b1fa251ed/File/68028546173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeuu.biz/upload/ckeditor/pages//files/1594419138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f95225390a46d09c6747d4ba08c1e348/78558603535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/36782301447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49c07f16039120973d7480274201c32b/jikinidus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20a5ebccd8cd4b9441351f8b5c30c32a/dosafovoxapepiwowamug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulceoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jalusadulojefufifed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubler-son-capital.com/photos/files/kufewebepew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47277f98674b5cac82367fdff2bf35bb/jivupiragaxepugogaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://micronforgacsolo.hu/UserFiles/file/vetonejaridefovawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c24fccaa8eb---xazupomolorojuguja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7833f9dc2e---67485605536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=enrique+iglesias+mp3+free+download+320kbpsPDF 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_off0000c0d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0D4 11704 bytes
SHA-256: 9077b46a1baadf2de881b2d81e543ed2f167993864dd6665cb1a85621f7c133b
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBFF 18512 bytes
SHA-256: 1287cc0d0d4003b152128c88ae4099dc6299f807b0d6156962d786f13216e4fd
font_02_sfnt_off00010ad5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1