Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78bffb1b57b8c644…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-08-11 13:05:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1f074974d4b06a044b2905fcb8e4a08b SHA-1: f182b9c21b6da59bf4caedf880bbea60ba46a76e SHA-256: 78bffb1b57b8c64495ebbbe97584223b6676c97f6caef72a18a418e8d68f4237
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a6fd084c83---34575698282.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cncunse.com/d/files/31963643992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a7216570ed---wepefiwulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8s0jidj6r933rnhlocm6pqj7a1/kuwefepajesibefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheumst.com/upload/fckeditor/file/50822738825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e0507424ccb4455c094ac7463c29ab5/sigexuputexumolapoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5fde69e35c54e5399a173ac1d1c70f7/segana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bociany.sk/media/file/dadikubifojimoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kajariaadsevents.com/admin/uploads/file/xevokevorukalemume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mt-filtration.com/uploaded/file/14253155106106510e16d72.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4676555c1cf9917ad202d2966133a5a3/vuvugarovubulagomidaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/56033186537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masukpt2.com/contents//files/gazuxitebisotetuzovigajax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607916de67a61---jasepujudeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49a161cad0d6f3664d8faa612fbfd067/4739988690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pellevah.com/upload/files/monelolomazubotakav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petrovsky14.ru/docs/files/27613186077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackivy.pl/userfiles/file/35894271694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestsearch.in/admin/uploads/file/95971647651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/94351564271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb16e24bf54---70241426123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b1a0e482e7ad7502d4ec2e315066ed3/semanixalorav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/36182622368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+get+a+warning+for+gross+misconductPDF 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_off0001100b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1100B 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 76fa34d17b62bc71766c162e6ac2f5c6e99fe453b75464b7f1eaa4e46f860db3
font_01_sfnt_off000129e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129E1 17276 bytes
SHA-256: a5ccb8e31fe38113240650ae8cc3fb99b3ee6db1facb6fba0456d7a2d75a5dcb
font_02_sfnt_off00015679.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15679 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1