Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77e1deee2ffc980b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:31:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0629dfdfd7c4c8d18ab57a0d88cc2980 SHA-1: 7a178373141ca347acead6072fdbab22cf46c31f SHA-256: 77e1deee2ffc980bf120588555484c8fccca0f4e6a47b183c6f993d78adf5a7e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=skyjack+sjiii+3226+parts+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607415d6b8389---46533565374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartopack.be/Images/file/xevadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonfiremadigan.com/uploads/fckeditor/file/85987295290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsubhashawale.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96314632402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609586c209b27---7409434556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catwalkdogcome.com/editor_upload_image/file/xutufivatusekakafejojaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/53494444379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/136b84df78e5d23dcc335d48914f9f7b/xumefap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc484e08a1---91424297000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/981ba85950a7c8fe15e0c8e9adc891a4/josezesalenadar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/kegugokazudigeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://revucue.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tabemuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twtipa.com/upfile/files/2021/07/04/wupajojezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxnjl.com/userfiles/files/kudawesogepegawatefog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thenext.pk/userfiles/files/67078923687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/fuvumufop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ever-progress.com/upload/files/14510375733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16115619987f9e---2767108989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11627d7b9de4944fe3c171d531a8ca4a/jeviromoxunivikufupoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1vkhfqnq8bn8m8es1j1cs5ojlu/6454851852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysolutions.it/uploads/assets/file/nelizetuxewag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/metexujigobikaboranofuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/142f97365b8d534f24e8b3f08cd583e8/24864006522.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_off0000c72b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC72B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000df3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF3D 18108 bytes
SHA-256: a35862641275a477e8dec57b4f7c9a398f12a99d0bba86c0b1aed0677ab239f5
font_02_sfnt_off00010e85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E85 11256 bytes
SHA-256: b5505c2cf6ab69ed04f223d20bc1ce97d1b0a6fdfd3c638af43c9dd17b059c8a