Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 781bd096f214482b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:11:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 01972f28e2babcc6ec0c362c9c7e1507 SHA-1: 486b0a8a2d84e1162ee893787c05f46a0bf4c798 SHA-256: 781bd096f214482b2035885b62f7dd31d05e8b95353e7e6e69fa6596ef0a2872
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a pattern of using such domains for SEO manipulation or to host malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of PDF_URI and EMBEDDED_URL heuristics, along with the overall structure, points towards a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 http://louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuzavigelatadavobefamiji.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cuoredicane.it/userfiles/files/zuwomeraxeteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srividyaastrology.com/userfiles/file/lumapufikizixudibutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehouseconcert.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fakuwefegotov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fzclicks.com/demo/files/editor/file/74599074184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9t9pscsbs9n0ls8slqgum0p4u5/41541532942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duetsepolno.pl/userfiles/file/35915070906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferdavagnar.is/images/fck/file/98650293843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985d0670e4b---99986855990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nonbodepsg.com/uploads/files/40769024231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cfd45849126716a8cc3c7a28c2424f5/xewelexakoxejimakusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tachikawa-derma.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuvixoxemowexirewako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decom.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vanolemudidabuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c404d21dc98---88038891117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarissoft.com/img/userfiles/files/nesovisapadused.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucontecnologia.com/userfiles/files/noverutuvofav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhasachconggiao.com/luutru/files/47261030064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12094c7ac332eee5d7027ad2d912dfcc/vevuwenubazosos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billedbutikken.dk/articlefiles/file/zamomewefupuraxulozowoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/59501713187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehaircenter.com/upload/ckfinder/files/setedovaxogimokir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldanang.vn/uploads/images/files/ramitasunilapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df9e155fe9db57971cbbd5c1033dadc7/boxewuperalotewed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uppersanduskyrotary.com/cms/files/File/dasolonenipagawovam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=iq+option+strategy+2019+pdfPDF 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_off000134ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014cbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CBF 19700 bytes
SHA-256: 069f178c1088788e469d9bc7fdaa54c0830809bd5c7a907a3c4a191934667e59
font_02_sfnt_off00017fe7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17FE7 11300 bytes
SHA-256: 9ff789b08cab8e0562245fa01d62c21c78d5d1785eccb2e9efa8b943f51ed735