Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78edc707f5ef6df8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.8 KB Created: 2021-07-03 21:20:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b73b74fa803cde2f3f0cc26df916a3c8 SHA-1: ccc9a4db3ce53f79dde427533f28baceb1bd80ab SHA-256: 78edc707f5ef6df823bafc46104b22726f2bc0ac0a2bf5d8eb593d364117c37f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The PDF structure and embedded URLs are consistent with attempts to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9790

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://memoservicesrl.it/file/wosapoj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094f8e307699---jakitev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polimak.pl/userfiles/file/gawibotipajojemabagegoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcdeb078dc3---pibox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/logazetesezamimapelovekus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/202163058529111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinity-pro.ru/userfiles/file/12250980393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f7fde9f9953b69212f53529f9857dc2/57482936952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e30119e247---92091964963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.basur-tedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d82a76f133---1552964974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb9c0ec81e---29164658807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moreit.ch/productinfo/file/navizibajexiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/088feccc2f82bbb623d93c8558e8cee9/pelazezixitaworir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080857aabc61---42463880441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dnepropress.net/files/file/72718173639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac2ba7afdf1ae99fe3ba9b6a70f1ae55/togovirikex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc11d6da59---jawoluvodiwed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michelbarbot.com/upload/files/46996014319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntschoolint.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/zowasawil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a14a73383---popasuzekijawetana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwr-tech.ru/userfiles/file/zajozulawerejopifibizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computer-rudolstadt.de/upload/file/nobizajuvop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf426d2e08b---18148108648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/mejazamikepobeselaxuluta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technocom.pl/editor/file/42726894141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=inclined+meaning+in+tamilPDF link annotation
    • http://irodori.kir.jp/files/file/buxufuwefagexuviso.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_off000139e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000151f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151F3 15552 bytes
SHA-256: bdcfca9783fffc600496299eaeb6cf328963fd00c676d2e285869a48516bedb7
font_02_sfnt_off00017969.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17969 10276 bytes
SHA-256: 021a4b4e985632d0792450dad5e3f078a014049ed96ba4bb543bb4370aae47eb