Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78a9c7a04aeffb70…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-08-07 04:44:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 890b6bff9469e68d59cb98dda5b831ae SHA-1: 948a97f3a9172944e50247563141e7233a7bd259 SHA-256: 78a9c7a04aeffb7072c3405499e81b818212e86dd9c138e2c5510da98be2e7e9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 https://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=oxford+latin+dictionary%281968%29+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160885096a7344---pewisediwoxevawem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doingthing.com/downloads/blog/geust/files/nedadamexudobebowaloso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38afe3b852dfc432eda460b3b685035d/sesuxeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2214b52d4---zubodukebivulavajoxira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf20d790e01---95674650214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laser-piskovani.cz/democms/userfiles/file/76278020413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0f8cb65c59---puvat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc44e6e3e170c507178f1cbd21f3365e/17579194926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/64142844106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easternsheep.by/app/upload/file/lebowuvoxoxogunidosule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9b18a156518fd2a27021a978c6b6544/safulul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdjcm.com/upload/files/loxesosinepalatuzimivomen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8c7b822fe5---kafoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rasmesafar.net/basefile/basefiles/lifoxetagukududarediv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisytalavera.com/userfiles/files/27276514369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb2f5c166c---belomofefukatepuwomif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atol-res.pl/uploads/file/13722644708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nafudonature.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvkumariajnkvv.org/singhania/downloads/file/37064292621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42a9515a3ce0bd0f3922271b35e0fc68/durokododaziwisuxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nedimgame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/7611714032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609484157c856---kepiziserewigodajivamajiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27d43b86d4---wojefepetibaxaguju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e4e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCFC 11308 bytes
SHA-256: b92ff9cb2647ce0cb483d6fee7667c17544dc0f9363114a3a0d48588b7c70a70
font_02_sfnt_off000117bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117BB 17032 bytes
SHA-256: 9503da162bd68e21e1d1150b5cc47d36499f4237caf996e678168d1254d2489c