Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77d88c072e4006eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:56:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 863505120d7d0b25243c4c156434e5fd SHA-1: 86a8e2f01b85b0b4e1e12116cc836e3e9408fc52 SHA-256: 77d88c072e4006ebb7470a7fb3e4f842f2d772eb9f153f76f8831c1274f68adb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or SEO poisoning. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this conclusion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 http://hfnhsw.com/upload/files/gogigetewakat.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/bidijuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88b2ccf9a9ab3066a87ad17ed380c593/womubimapavugenubinevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/rolijapureri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.com/contents/files/besitigonurutefuvikozavet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e03ceb2c5---20548398019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leise.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26484596316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30752dce3c4f9d1c657a4062f129f7e5/veluxixalolibifuxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef321337d3---40075364177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashionflutters.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36233589396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764dcc5276b---63484342009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alwaditrading.com/userfiles/files/10074822697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alptw.com/images/files/babisigut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baggiez.net/userfiles/file/17326307549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portugaliaimagyarok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rupag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b47cd1e4248---63022143704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydchem.cn/filespath/files/20210902050343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-club.eu/userfiles/file/wotaxojoxefaxirokusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsap.com/file_media/file_image/file/nosubalim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c71cbb3a5---turigimadadiwowotoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptownherndon.com/uploads/files/rawoludidugijev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonspond.com/uploads/files/pifekenegizutuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abc-tel.ru/data/File/gokakaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lksd5fngrnkg5mt5pv9r01d1tp/gamegizow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/69933392810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=phet+simulation+bending+light+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off000107f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107F4 19052 bytes
SHA-256: 343528c20f540d6e82ee30ec1c0d49e74d49c110737e1a6fec90868d63376847
font_01_sfnt_off00013a18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A18 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 77e124cdd2e8f3213553ceb664b0fb26d0ec79348cb9552944777eaf351c484d
font_02_sfnt_off000153ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x153AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1