Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78a61eac61d9444f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-07-20 16:54:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: abca0e6964c68b177e7b1f8311a8a288 SHA-1: 0bf262572e84491878e4918a3f9778d9f68bfbe0 SHA-256: 78a61eac61d9444f153a0b942669bd7f2ea4098aef971577d42afb099829e2d8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee8b1b4e95f---barazojus.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/51590487017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterina-hrib.cz/user-uploads/files/galisawogerujivez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kenadong.com/contents//files/84558610211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lemanssrl.it/file/80309442629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ratchee.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wexoxojefajuvokote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuxatamem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/lonadepinuwexaweravaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanul-muresenilor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2q5ininl3fv0qv38o7cbb8lnn0/gowapefixeguwilunimeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e363ab77e25cb4b626de52bbe073a4e9/pomaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f512d63c92---60582731035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhodnoceni-penez.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/97163677219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a6d81597d---vebobudulijab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aviatroglo.fr/IMG/file/14381364382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuturesthai.com/uploads/file/nezavepazisumotikigobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8g56nm88j988tggsf1qqouf882/10699096692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tradeweb.es/userfiles/file/pemenizipomavomeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755a230584f---riwabozugugozuroxuluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feavvcjc3b50ia2h061g7kpjq0/gujixijawugidolejibenemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weclassof86.com/clients/6/6d/6dc59c75684a9be5e3a4726337e2fa3a/File/kovofupadepafuperi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5392d3f48fbb8042e22ddc8b40af59c1/womofiwuxuvumivarun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoteam.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jirakudamawuvalexafusaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12603d9ef36d4d23cd85ba7594cabc57/javomulaxitedeboxuzipad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voszveszprem.hu/_user/file/40065294218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+much+is+one+clove+garlic+mincedPDF 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_off0001068c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1068C 10960 bytes
SHA-256: de37c3b0e7f41e98702001656003986a2205d030e1236595205b91c3ebc1b023
font_01_sfnt_off00011f91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F91 16756 bytes
SHA-256: 9e53ac12ddfee86e594edbd8db64f0dbf6dd9bfa1cc44ccc4ee321f36aba6de3
font_02_sfnt_off00014a8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A8E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1