Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78ad9066fb1a6ebd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:58:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 39e6ef32cf7a37248feeacf4f69ad6ec SHA-1: 0d55b74e807affadf4b3d02ef18753c877c61c34 SHA-256: 78ad9066fb1a6ebdf8126323de86a9b28a69b2b37654e9f8950726a9b8f2635a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was identified as malicious by a ML classifier and ClamAV, flagging it as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, containing numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The embedded URLs are designed to lure users to potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://jaukiaplinka.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90882633259.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612438a668cdc---xexomunudadebuliranot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wkd-uk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15b04bf25322d4757b489dcc8cc8e026/pifewegitux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d38c61ec65---89044506518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee0b1535bb6---puximegefuvobidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbcehyodmtf1czh.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/zixele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taborcapitalpayment.com/clients/d/d0/d0a3925ee25d0adc8806453b18bccccc/File/bofunililokibewove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210808191308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-6/file/botimirepebimebezafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/opi006fd8g0qjpug0agr1hdihs/jowexufogow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthodoxnews.us/file/11959795265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopinhome.com/ci/userfiles/files/gufulapotaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070114477f4e---dunimex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8814876d29232f68b03503aa49ed3ec/kuvigomixuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160deff8e4f44a---kivexudovivakifoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rifegagapuzerupuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62813270caeb08bebddc4c15393a803e/debagawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pelesiuvalymas.lt/i/File/11848352945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiancfea.org/userfiles/file/7526145143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fw-simple.com/uploads/files/60585890393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609526b417086---24588741165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096140606eed---rutadelijutipaxogasuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af915f3573f1b53f8770ae239318a609/85062881121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/545f5844c2512cfc2791d44b541a2558/xigoxoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=current+practice+of+clinical+electroencephalography+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_off0000b441.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB441 15272 bytes
SHA-256: d53eaa89fbe05b5f4f79b6ec1db34ffd06d799ee0060dddca6bf1866fdb9e1dd
font_01_sfnt_off0000db33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB33 10976 bytes
SHA-256: b89a639e70342fe18b69b1c78e57d8bc8a18e3d6a846215aedf9aa62a709348c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f474.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF474 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1