Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78d71a6ff4320dbb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 18:47:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 17ae66fa5b875bb0cdf27d6cc0ac6ac1 SHA-1: f74e051c787251f40ec9f22885280f4d82b0a92e SHA-256: 78d71a6ff4320dbbbc0735af6c1724d2bab50fb2ad2db924a2bb988aa9d1f208
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf6bda3c3f210227b2fe48aaaf395cef/wafojum.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/pazuzumijizukefanukadevos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092237c43451---52211405134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de44db8e75---kivugivarupijuxukefugudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc8a1354b8---nonelazuwogit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/zagufilagelapuposavojezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misosmile.com/upload/editor/files/8406373908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moto-trend.cz/public/files/fck/file/xiper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5a388eb1fe52a54f78997ddab76b436/miripexubexupekad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/rilovodupawikaleve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srldirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rofagixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dblhfe9dnp03md8n1slloufq33/katolewewipubudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8827e9a67cffb6ac8c4e938f9e65efbf/67922200686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masini-de-ambalat.ro/images/userfiles/98962513492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nr19a0p2rjhc9r7gs43ne3qkbq/tezomaxabovozitelupunexez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848c8a74d95---vabafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monuments-msk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/152c2e6a4785193cca4d7c6ec306f6ed/giluri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/xopoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ae3ik5aja0cfh37jgvoqvuc6/fijixutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-19/20210619091113801164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/zejujuvekorofiwabiwela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/48645815266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=hard+water+and+soft+waterPDF 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_off00010287.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10287 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011a99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A99 17952 bytes
SHA-256: 54d47f11596b30b0e49e86bfe217035749b43cd79928b40bb274d7973a7cd577
font_02_sfnt_off00014935.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14935 10284 bytes
SHA-256: 0cd90b7f0e2eb685f433aaa50503076d48362832ef3cdafd4accb575a1aef978