Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78e9ee366393b64c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.0 KB Created: 2021-09-22 18:53:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 975bb7c4fbe848810e2c0a2ef38e97cf SHA-1: 61d072f6f6b0ad05e5625e9fe08236d2d8872e25 SHA-256: 78e9ee366393b64c8d3746b0a8fabd757767c689ced16cf59eb93cf37c78997e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised or disposable hosting sites. The embedded URLs, such as http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eada898392---mizuwanav.pdf, are likely intended to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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 http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eada898392---mizuwanav.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aa4aa23b3a---76817986541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fereshtegan.net/basefile/fereshtegannet/files/jefodagoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/mesetulexomil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhtractor.com/d/files/83928173615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aesyq.xn--p1ai/files/file/wagefenomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161322fce07718---ramufuvatutevuzoxipimos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanjen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kesowudotamutagemasudedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drakbera.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuzawunenebim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artpolinakuzina.ru/pict/file/jonitifanotafixosunoduwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydangson.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/34092337367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ichapps.com/ichapps/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/vowifawega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161426022275f8---96780669663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/18086838962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarytattoomachine.co/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/didafep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opescom-store.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/39685250703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seychelles-resort.com/images/blog/file/3447944318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albertf.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20142288125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pottoka.info/files/galeria/files/kogelelirur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnyuanzong.com/uploads/files/20210901152446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0a3bf608b5162b73312a457d7b3b74f/lojujebogexaxufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globomax.eu/userfiles/file/diduduwuposomebasasova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ever-pioneer.com/upload/files/60659710766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=devdas+full+moviePDF 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_off00010e08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E08 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001261f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1261F 10380 bytes
SHA-256: 7d77e147b29304077c16c0a2853b6ced4aeeb9c0b131afab3cd4a9504bad7100
font_02_sfnt_off00013d9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D9B 17224 bytes
SHA-256: 6fe3267a411dafad25657cf94341b33efbd3b1cd021cb829437329a972b9cea8