Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 779de01bc825b566…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-10-08 00:27:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 00f23dab986baed90a2f9cfed70880f4 SHA-1: 4f6142e320b002ae04c305bf8f02fbb1e0a2fd4e SHA-256: 779de01bc825b566d3edff1789a5bc812d9ee890a2ce73f46a7e98b56f751892
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm structure suggests a malicious redirection attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=red+stag+beetle PDF link annotation
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fvgrei5rlhcbtgqk7co8m4sick/gasaxegajokuzagunuzerixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyogytornasziget.hu/uploads/files/11266277445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transbur.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruvogaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ff4fd1c2da---lefogozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/36436065968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615bc2173c93a---22136257364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/rifuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149b565caa10---43906818226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--hh0b97d8is16e.com/userData/board/file/tebelinudul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanshost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/nijejopatalekajuver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdvvietnam.vn/webroot/img/files/40273167971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interstyle.org/content/xuploadimages/file/juxivizuvilakujivojor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotografski-studio.kost.si/userfiles/file/melodajot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rosebankprimary.co.za/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91372042537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longtra.vn/userfiles/file/tologodenafipixapoxegapum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaodontuonglai.vn/uploads/ck_upload/files/93165052818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shesob.com/file/files/51299055783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25024816365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hlj-vibration.com/uploads/image/20210929/files/20210929105058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613993f546d94---xelalojukevuxefewukoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standdominica.org/files/files/52237161746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkkarsin.pl/img/upload/files/winokowozepazolidad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/juvexeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriardue.it/userfiles/files/73902809161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141140c7ffa7---87703238104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manage4.realtourvision.com/rtv/ckfinder/userfiles/images/files/dizojetilozegabutu.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_off0000d5fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5FB 18960 bytes
SHA-256: cbee8b0d767978d268a0eedc841f017da6cfbe18dfff26a6d07308f2fb7e1b6e
font_01_sfnt_off0001074d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1074D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F64 10192 bytes
SHA-256: 66202f37aa7874bbe31f7a350bd5a8a7f7a48e9ff70c48b6d1cebe2b6ceb9cd9