Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78d3dc569b2be510…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-08-10 04:56:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9ae6a1bab665ba7ac896bb80e7fd6b3a SHA-1: 3026446a771d459ea3a7b1535270c1ee040cc50e SHA-256: 78d3dc569b2be510d17ef17141ecf6e66e992dae8c0f0cb307feeb7ab4cc7229
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a843m3hps6dn1le1eg8upl1h2o/88497214379.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/20864098268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaykpn.com/uploads/editor/files/34938836852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siphonicflowmandiri.com/upload/files/18557829449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energy-labels.com/userfiles/file/44335285672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalensi.com/public/File/lojopepatofaxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uekekb.ru/!upload/files/82492589850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remoteyourstaff.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xikibudegukunik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okk77stl9p3q4mnvan5r1623t1/zunabesefumiwimen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungnguyenjsc.vn/uploads/image/files/wegemuwaxusidarolelafekok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biotledlight.com/userfiles/file///jijevipubewaxorabobogox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5avbit0dokqldppdvrlhkt6n8/vodojigageruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa361bf7fa---sowotamojigamilusarologal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/tajasigefesoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720ef2dad56---14973981536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l5omb4ar2dcaj7s4p9a0rt31h6/dazefojukumutisuboki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dousbvugk8kv0ca32jc294j7f2/80393299773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensionpoint.cz/userfiles/files/bojexakawisakojewawup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ndgai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m8ji7987na8cpr5nql2khpr3td/9534740424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d857dba43---93484458754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084963bcffe2---vusulonibagokadalavuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcsgafliu5s2r1tc2l71tj5k6q/nokarupewamefovoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=walpole+probabilidad+y+estad%C3%ADstica+9+edicion+pdf+descargar+solucionarioPDF 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_off0000edaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDAA 21192 bytes
SHA-256: 20280b96bb4e870a19ab8f474ae56d37ac9615b4953e6dc24b58f1fea373f505
font_01_sfnt_off000125d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013dec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DEC 11372 bytes
SHA-256: 0585d631a888e3cf06dc324845e402e8bba58bf6d6013f654a9b073fa133d460