Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78a385ce222055b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-17 20:16:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: befe4267bfc07a27e0338264a7ba024b SHA-1: 4116774fd02e57bf3c25aaf6f68e2914db5d7164 SHA-256: 78a385ce222055b2b1c4e7c779807f50a8e388a9d3596627abc36a9fd8df6467
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for SEO spam or phishing. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection to these external URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://nhadatv.com/webroot/img/files/90803201655.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cestovni-postylka.eu/userfiles/file/90515501709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8ba22163cce45cd00fe2f54f8b79290/wajumab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnogonomerov.ru/uploads/file/10074582809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e80ee0b963e986d0a29011f2db875f75/28027563893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9775e1f95---jipabuduwezaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9fd081aea---xujoxulatopodarekotex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konstruktor33.ru/app/webroot/files/files/rekexowagudeziwazefumaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hydro-tg.pro/upload/file/mokevin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848f34262d4---gepitijowowapuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janandpoos.com/clients/872640/File/28245270334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab69001049---bagusipojizuvebivugom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e8efa363a---69542454524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bad385a0468---jizamurufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968777db765---pubidorozivote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pizulewobokufukemiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca9bf95e1c---51082032873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulceoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/lofolazofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.com/files/files/53916072696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthmatters.me/userfiles/file/lexuvipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sng2s9fvnibd7cinv1mqkva7s1/84215619111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083283430670---xadodapopofelufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korvet-sp.ru/userfiles/file/96097814451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dmq2p80n3v548dj767pulq84bh/solujewevex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=yellowtail+fish+and+chipsPDF 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_off0000ec53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC53 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001046a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1046A 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 9dae1c817a5c5db604d1feae27e723e6da34b39c6133fde1a0ba7a7eb59df74a
font_02_sfnt_off00011cdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CDF 17092 bytes
SHA-256: cd441db7350f4f3c20f2483a66105c3135fc0baca6496c9ebb411b8a7d050fdf