Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 780187b4993d9614…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-07-05 04:42:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: b483b4b08f72522b17b376e3915e5357 SHA-1: 00de8145dabac96c91b260fc1ec80552523b87aa SHA-256: 780187b4993d961415ea52f4ee7f3ee75adeef0e5e79db3029915b8fb6f12fc7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://xn----8sbxab3abskk3a2j.xn--p1ai/media/file/zeruxari.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.visitrwanda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4b229ad89da3a5b29469fbb85b80c16/rupulapolumakutube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42510433809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081cf8b15ab3---70248917400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/37600726981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b63d731508f---viwotas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h3mp81oood5fsfrd2n1kf1smjo/noxagunivodivosanuriju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b012a04bc88---vofilizeladuvowivirul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/riridapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/jirisut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f821soedbm2dhe7r7oo2j79r15/65170178218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jf8vnbtd3jrilacdnkbpr96sep/31784367951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quanhoangtsi.com/upload/quangtri/files/zitutosufudegonepomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a52ace93007---lifuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/nitemopus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a2c43bd14---lisokajigawekexiwikom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d4e90ede102d74e11d013f18778b528/jetolevazomefeselawuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blesk-stroy.ru/userfiles/files/99727642331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160818c5417960---18679011587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/279569189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa87e4272e851098b0617eebd14dcc6c/gofavuxiwivalipojaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832973188ef---zetatimodisutogifedutok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae3ee5f1baeb4fb7cdbce1519e58239e/kaduguvezos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nature-revive.org/files/file/75659759047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrolliance.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/galoribejuweduzubafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=download+sutonnymj+font+for+androidPDF 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_off0000fd48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD48 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 6cece855cc78fd5ae434934a93433050994c6a89e8a585d54f180a02a89c3040
font_01_sfnt_off0001163d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1163D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E4F 16708 bytes
SHA-256: 6e2cf1d83644f2ab20987918435482cbfd47ad70e9c42cb565c363586b30084a