Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 778f79a516250367…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-18 09:32:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 661b890c871ff51739e0e5ed70f241ad SHA-1: 647ced28536267c8162c60871d4eaef541c8ec23 SHA-256: 778f79a516250367fd8b6e2473702d89f01df02d039ba05caada6f405b728419
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The document contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure strongly indicate an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for further payload delivery or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a42ac2fb0---gadobazatubu.pdf
    • http://spamsmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/tetasutilopo.pdf
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa9e8c5045f---70239293742.pdf
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58677817892.pdf
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/150050595.pdf
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b648770ac42---ragaxitezefinadawedamoki.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/gitovumojifafowefevud.pdf
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89fc2b467ad5cecc970cf68ceef6b016/86326643451.pdf
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083194230d7a---19631655764.pdf
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/depomavanaxakixenisewu.pdf
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3d9f95338---xonaniripebex.pdf
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af316ac15ca---wopajuwivab.pdf
    • https://eseninternational.com/uploads/files/medevolejarokoso.pdf
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7b09d293c8d0e18d20d50a08e3f448a/24093776837.pdf
    • http://turatabor.hu/media/wofifikabavafekebixu.pdf
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/vudelikipoxomeluri.pdf
    • http://youandisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78273251208.pdf
    • http://iehyun.com/editorupload/file/gelujol.pdf
    • http://expertcomptablecourreges.fr/michel_courreges/userfiles/file/kilutuzuzifixib.pdf
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/35940550632.pdf
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/ziredepojutogirogipesa.pdf
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lpbbebvttjaengdhim5emgojk0/81822217226.pdf
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/129c459809ae8bf8b0516e7517bb5c91/bujikepasikixoriw.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=yoga+for+insecurity+yoga+with+adriene
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ebed.bin
2d882b2912b66874415718d56caf83419076ca2c6721a242a0c63482b9ccf747
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBED 16924 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000117e4.bin
e36ebcab2850624251a082b4e755df712ec9f84200617a513b023c0207d9931e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117E4 10992 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013145.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13145 16792 bytes