Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78ccb5f037fbd7ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:37:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 61d5bf11d654ce53ed17484857e0f9b6 SHA-1: a24585c103ea72f32b63da8930cb3156178c2c28 SHA-256: 78ccb5f037fbd7eea132228d70a1fd20b5f0c9db386d9f6dfa6d8c9d674f40d3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a tactic to obscure the true destination by using disposable hosting and UTM parameters, likely to trick users into downloading fake software or documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=google+pdf+viewer+app+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r9pr8977ksp7c2kh66o6dnrqap/nizifituvatobujina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltagroup.bg/uploads/file/13343084592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/luwafalat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emailposte.com/pictures/notujowupizugiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae22bf959d2---juzadutenifegopakeven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/jibuxawari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe690b8ddd---gutanusopibesapivijopov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autowagon.it/userfiles/files/4294993476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116fc9a953df---biroxiraraxojubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doctour.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3756318415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16129d70e92095---69040035638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094bbeb7ef58---64772876283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vben3knuermbqi9iork60ii7se/25649509787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608824f73a17c---74381517222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160732e1cb183c---foruzigarokavebive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dda52985eeb2b2d3621557f0f40c3cd9/80171426082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873cc915db0---manix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094cd56c5f0c---tivenolonegeduregib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/592d1d41215889ce264bb0b918f2c99c/19154111331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tndgdemo2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53581016238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a37db8e845---sijogizixididiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb6ded3f65---32909500343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c91bcb14c52---basizopufupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://it-hair.com/userfiles/kegij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ddf9fbed23---3300216083.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_off0000bce1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F8 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 85aad0b0cb089a3a172681919643da33b8ae6ceba469ce3cf105de205c2ca3f6
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED6E 15592 bytes
SHA-256: 35319633a08998a1a066f97e731bc8e53f8f5338db18487fc24a32424c36628a