Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77e70fa1ad633733…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 00:17:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2238a562be14afe878e14dacb1488f26 SHA-1: 10c57e8fd4890ddcde9f0bc20981831a019e4ec6 SHA-256: 77e70fa1ad6337337715bb5020add20e6ea952f9d7db775086d4a0b5223525f5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further suggests a lure to trick users into clicking malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://majubesar.info/contents/files/zikutikixefeleramavogap.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hongmao.tw/uploads/files/202109011410236087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liur-krd.ru/userfiles/file/3073288499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d7e356c27e---64385544698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csaladiegyteruautok.hu/userfiles/files/85093134824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreuma.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20571905616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekt-dom.pl/designhome/admin/userfiles/file/65193274233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catedralirodahaz.hu/data/editorfile/65063908892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xingzhongjing.com/userfiles/file/20210902100750_1685255503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ettorebelfioreliutaio.it/userfiles/files/22311098674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pro9apps.com/app/webroot/files/uploadimagesfile/jutugunotuloguruvazares.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614559dd90bef---74134411773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ros.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gaxonawutujirezig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitccorp.com/uploads/userfiles/file/sadek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redondoclassicburger.com/uploads/files/siripodujujote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/34348665149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tajojili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://used-machinetools.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/24569247354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yummyschool.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/90378804239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8uqsigadgqlqihsqgl8qd18a11/kenofomeruzizinidubak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girl0229960192.com/upload/users/files/50584103499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surmounttravel.com/userfiles/files/rinisivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/jepatojisarexotupogukew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mftelhas.com.br/adm/Editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/soxator.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luathoanghuy.com/uploads/files/18045124494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impulsa.mantareys.net/uploads/plantillas/files/lineru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=9999+lunchboxes+fallout+shelterPDF 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_off0000d6c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6C9 10752 bytes
SHA-256: a0ed2a322b354b8dda68ee40262a13ef00053da348a1c3aa64c630722b3cb9a1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000107a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107A4 17492 bytes
SHA-256: 65a1c5a6be9f6346d9d553494e8b67c7d7c9efa717ec692aae7e914cca508712