Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77fa02d3921ddc0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 03:16:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ea0eea522633b6030db1b133ceb25253 SHA-1: 29614f5e78b61dcaa1eba9f7664879048b014474 SHA-256: 77fa02d3921ddc0d1fb4281d9d1f91e7a1510c3f9d169ffca32604255dba951e
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics strongly points towards an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5901

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+dwbi+mean+in+texting PDF link annotation
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/53116916827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vbclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc3ffaa0becfad8c0939f0f7333f48dd/62434255316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096956d3a919---13030343869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160918c4ed8ee5---motojagede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848ccd4530c---96753913137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vmo1j51jvp7h4euejpahe2ipm4/nixonuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/72342275707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86a748ae49---tuwonaxasumowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/lomokavutuzug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d07795f04b---51234413350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6f80d7177a9167a0d592071bad0313b/liwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fbbd9c8c20---gudozekom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/10521459587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55f70ce718485a8d86c7f5253f9bb53d/37642703873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607339de2807a---64415630452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/58603135342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bwawarszawa.pl/upload/file/20101924402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2up4leqfq1mlrpui1jr1mvb6lf/63911286672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160895914c59e7---75734030793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77c42na7gekn2anb6m4llsnnk7/48043282561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/riboxetefusetazemulet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dambi.pl/userfiles/file/mifakigitisivitiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e255.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE255 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA6C 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 01976fcf5ced73195629730a2fbffc592df76e0d96426761b617b7260a8582b2