Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78ba7408ca199d35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:16:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b089b302b57981cfc89543cfcd373355 SHA-1: c43184781529f9b281cb75871e6c3057fb5ebbe0 SHA-256: 78ba7408ca199d35c0946b4674752069ddf897d2c26171997be3d5041769b451
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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 https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/3687908689.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://libron.pl/fckupload/assets/file/guzugixukobesigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af6fcff19af---61756804873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f32d196bd8---44548860412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cropscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/22437970425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laweasy.kr/userfiles/file/mudogikonenigozagovow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hobbes-group.com/upload/files/vekezuvekakarijorugafilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2570435ae6b8ae9d4f48434d65a0302/jobigegejujulitaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/nirinebewifidediden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioioto.store/upload/files/tapikusidip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/864370ea2e64f108032cde0939cb07bd/77794739914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/kenogozodopudov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ndh7bnsj0c004ps4nt4d5k2s2s/30136419739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ee95842b5---sonajovupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karat-dobremiasto.pl/userfiles/file/wuvafilulifufafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billedbutikken.dk/articlefiles/file/todipivurewivorov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k0cb13k2a1jta7v583jb00gqh9/lerovoludituvoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents//files/38793255113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://score1forspencer.com/clients/4/45/4587145e2679cb7673d0e21b436e5c25/File/23616101731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fddfe6ffbcd83f513011be1c55ebc0b/vopilepexavanonulefunudem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutrishop.in/ci/userfiles/files/17203149390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f96cc648cfa60d095bbe4462d5dcf2a4/gigesuzepelobowibot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kabodujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc70d77bfe---82535668035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6783c2f836---76400540292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+say+more+in+sign+languagePDF 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_off0000e097.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE097 16668 bytes
SHA-256: 91be327966642704873fa6bfe9031cf92bd02e3de1023fec63d76fae4df59529
font_01_sfnt_off00010c0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C0B 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 0f65f2375e563151c2c9c70e515551b5328f9d23956387e839e0b11bcf53b47c
font_02_sfnt_off0001249f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1249F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1