Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 779bc4d2329c22c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-07-13 20:02:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5afd2d9b75a63bb1e7f3bfe72176d0a2 SHA-1: 269b7e9879604e292a6094206cb696ca859926f5 SHA-256: 779bc4d2329c22c8e95bac2daf6ae55e35a897deeae81074a072dd1e29980d20
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with techniques used to host malicious content or redirect to phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=webcomic+unlimited+coin PDF link annotation
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7k9c88ggfmfqcsa9gnvg5in9dd/97587237606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/nikovamekenuziwofugina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/legev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c91cd07dbeb---telibabifimewejumobuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kocarbon.vn/luutru/files/lexevumexerimopil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-5-10/20210510114651588742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svingenieria.cl/userfiles/file/bivisibetedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db7546472ba---dowaxaxebevuredazevokesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/tivotapotiluzanugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbuffalowings.com/uploads/files/sumedepekuxopomuxolaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11389f1b89---98589438825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yingzhaoliuart.com/upload/file/82208544273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/jonuzisivixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2g6ojbek5mhua1biohdlrv5lh5/2940449184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4c81a5528f---gusanebuvosone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ooe6unsgtestdq2to89d1kfas1/vebalidapatetakodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d85778091a---47632036343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0ffddbc0d4---maganurugamagezaxisava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a394270955accd76421b975a85a91c6/vurutefuwivaluvigomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3324000a4bcb6c6aaa280eafb75b76b/45010861844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a49dc7bf1844d03082d45c6339a2b45f/23447583117.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000feb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEB7 1704 bytes
SHA-256: 4399651035424788af89a61815135da753d7a2ba72e38705d6f444edb27b28e2
font_01_sfnt_off000106cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ede.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EDE 17660 bytes
SHA-256: 11307f7fe843f2213f9af61254761f62699ed89c80b0f27dbc7a2321335de877
font_03_sfnt_off00014d3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D3B 10336 bytes
SHA-256: 8adb9547e5ef60015f287ed829a33084ecc01c1f85c476c2b4edf43bede8a4cb

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