Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78dfccbf443356d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.8 KB Created: 2021-07-04 02:30:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b1390c73ebdd045e046efd9097272f30 SHA-1: 93f86ca4675a58070ca3aa3c40b0c71aa5a1f712 SHA-256: 78dfccbf443356d095be44267c3ca2a19459c8492a550324f9abeeae375806b9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it's a phishing or trojan distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, likely to host malicious content or phishing pages. The document body is heavily obfuscated and contains non-readable characters, suggesting it's not intended for direct user interaction but rather to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9874

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=and+let+perpetual+light+shine+upon+them
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f3e3c71cdd---4723702515.pdf
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097170d6e755---wovevokaw.pdf
    • https://fivetc.vn/uploads/files/roxaxuximanizowab.pdf
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/2855119075.pdf
    • http://www.sudaff.com/pics/file/kotuzogofudaxuf.pdf
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8658f7f3be---gugezi.pdf
    • http://bdn10.cz/files/file/lipiwezurutiluxebilibupa.pdf
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10aea01803f240e9c3cb7a5522805965/93742857916.pdf
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eae5571967---viretopinibetu.pdf
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/851a4b70857e5c009aa5099077b18ad8/10013508854.pdf
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/xibozolirijuxer.pdf
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095c57f8078f---19912608628.pdf
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ee3db6d52---dobijulugi.pdf
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e0bfc0d74---2509007050.pdf
    • http://lasfyy.com/uploadfile/file/20210604153223384.pdf
    • http://thepnguyentran.vn/media/ftp/file/fisoxetawuziluvorilamoka.pdf
    • http://abimobiliare.pl/pliki/File/wafagupidalubezakuru.pdf
    • http://innovatepc.com/userfiles/file/xotefo.pdf
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2c247c63cc017e0e4f5d79d6fa8f79b/58432552134.pdf
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44ea4a81800fa450ae64ab994e33ff49/76898813889.pdf
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/916f28ccdd19abfc0a97dfdc541e4f27/86690839898.pdf
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090760e89555---dazuxezogudojaruz.pdf
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/150523275107.pdf
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sa12cv1dkh56sa2rgh5v6g9tdi/12076137950.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010cd0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD0 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000124e7.bin
32951a912d42cd94d878b7e5cabd51568ede77ce85974f721b78c553d872b4bd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124E7 10920 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013dc0.bin
20a1695dfcc3a50c901ab6dc6f9198566fb02193bb46d0ace012046d7a093f0b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DC0 16300 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000153fd.bin
6753e364e7ef6bfad36c2c3bdb629330416ff68d14c2bc457503265f0c996c63
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x153FD 20408 bytes