Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77e76c583fde05c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 10:51:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 80fe6608940da342c5899cf0b8000c55 SHA-1: f563d15db443787c841b449a42bf1c0e7a9a6754 SHA-256: 77e76c583fde05c82cbf860d65d68444dae9a420581bee840694936c75836ad5
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the structure of the PDF strongly suggest it is part of a phishing campaign, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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 http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf929bf9fe---rojiwo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kup-vino.cz/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tidijevod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a431158418612a0aebc4c2224105e48c/30508617982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leinerpakgelatine.com/survey/userfiles/files/nomobutaziteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/37585244497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhktn.at/images/content/files/14179173914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://momsgardenfoods.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96834444579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloemenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/marunelasawavonume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac43799c66201867aef050cc84bb4544/ragomimadanesam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e54a48039e5c6dc232fb026a48b88573/7623350439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://postelezmasivu-brno.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51322309524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manualismedicina.hu/fileok/file/zizizuduzapozanewadufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a098f3e7ff---fepabopawefudiradifaratez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e05da997e3---89419880198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe50d6e53f8---97862743937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vknp4i4agfb02n4cl05u8k5tsn/kixojelojor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/prbuo4v2abh36sd8nj1phv6dhc/16050140800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah88.com/contents//files/rebuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cjsc.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wivaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miet-boot.ch/images/uploadedimages/file/dawufut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/172647093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dianthusindustrial.com/resimler/files/sulivujaxusuxumevakawur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/43946278632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d8beca241---60599349216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=morgan+textbook+of+anaesthesia+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000eca4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000104b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104B6 17616 bytes
SHA-256: c028f09c0f359dee4038d29c612b037f7a21abfa5dfafe6901bc7968da50f172
font_02_sfnt_off0001323a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1323A 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 6af886dbdf6a367486d3786150f4c701e538c42c41486852f011739d3bbdbee4