Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78b002951bb5107e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-06-23 23:13:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5bc0d0594afa45191d30f858ef223874 SHA-1: 6ca5ca653faed1431c942af13c6d9519fee0e623 SHA-256: 78b002951bb5107e4c21fa940ee82970a08a921682ce1eb7fe40594a31621256
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs indicate an attempt to lead users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://keletunderground.hu/images/uploaded_pics/file/34811789820.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/826f1381e144661e960849574870713d/wajugizipisunazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/bugajerijesuruveverafum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b7e85a2b07---4733325580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/itsb3u53l03m5copblu84lep9s/5594111925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p11bu8o9otjumg0igdgu685e72/wawegapav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ddfaedca95---32763091750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf455759d52---zaziwewefejofize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9c16660924---podewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilygrilltogo.com/uploads/files/85140739786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denki-shonan.com/uploadsfile/98836036203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096484c7cc6c---kitowudefudibepira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edu-mate.kr/_UploadFile/Images/file/65514937507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://summithigh75.com/clients/867147/File/wivivigexobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacene.com/userfiles/files/55486178812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ktat5i21k7jtc6jok19hvetqs2/96723313235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=allopatric+speciation+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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010cdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CDD 5140 bytes
SHA-256: 200ba72e4aca210da71e0cd7467a5e3b93f753ce60262dbc7aaf2c5e76258e40
font_01_sfnt_off00011e67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E67 11976 bytes
SHA-256: c7b1bb403056714a6a395ce42820a70044838da51f06917b5a36e8e7f008dd4d