Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78ee84213a48acdd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-08-12 19:49:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5b194657b60e64b5d5418fae2dacdd83 SHA-1: 3e2dc28cb0c75592b82492955286447ecf699850 SHA-256: 78ee84213a48acdd1e21229890872c0a88b5e6d634762e95b833ca8fe670f189
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=john+deere+x300+42+inch+deck+parts+diagram PDF link annotation
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5903e220aafd603bed14ac8fd67e9f16/vusup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6e8fbcbe78---vajavajiviwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochistandart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guwafusizaxufidinazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://echipamente-scule.ro/userfiles/file/mumomodaboligu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralahappyjourney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vikibug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buka.ru/sadm_files/rovasowizoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/593cdb2d1468509446f934407e386899/81855382851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vayamcs.com/content_files/files/36816578373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gk766dd9fme3h2ilt2gtdhjha1/golaxumigiverosir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090a08ac72bc---71992293668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapbaoduongcuanhatban.com/upload/files/popumawibapewim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://npkfertilizerproduction.com/d/files/90568333019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhosting4.net/media/file/womanevovozelakevivit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6043a183ef41bb8f6d14ff95dad3dc9b/39825311527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brukbet.com/user_images/file/86512471059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/nomapig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0638af74d9e3b2aaab19fc8f916dbe60/notegarobivexovewuritufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/toziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/96225128025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc5d345d92---kolijabazoguzezab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609138a898c2e---jelekojiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simplehome.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bunob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoteam.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5626550615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-1commercialkitchenservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jajekidakifigax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/45222426004.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_off0000c70a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC70A 11592 bytes
SHA-256: e7c2feab6ff5583ce6f37802f0e7e9e3fbda6865138ca39b0f5d7e3bcdbbceb7
font_01_sfnt_off0000e259.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE259 17864 bytes
SHA-256: 7146999f3aa30a4a2276420056ad4b69b9bf512fcfc7272016d96f1cc8bf412e
font_02_sfnt_off0001108a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1108A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1