Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78f1c1ec189812bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-13 21:25:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 64718d884320bcb2cec43254d524aa14 SHA-1: 88f25f69f7f4cebc0d3c94549f953de48074fdb0 SHA-256: 78f1c1ec189812bd85fc5d0ce850553e4d46f2eeec283054c2cb4d07d9817303
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, presenting numerous URLs that likely lead to phishing sites or further malware downloads. The presence of external URI heuristics and the compromised CMS upload link farm heuristic further support its role in distributing malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wifi+vpn+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://bptramptour.pl/files/file/90949501633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hstairan.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/tejewiwogulazavix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cf337256b2---86304010681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketex.com/trcgp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wabofivuzopopugeberule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/72381881795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktasmatbaacilik.com/resimlerfiles/wetixovodepukizadekozupel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cd67d94f11---13020177630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irvinenott.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/misetirojiginefudufujapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d950151733---37698377869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahuacoop.com/cms_gpadmin2015/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/92366864133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidaleve.ind.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28854154196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/wimamigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pessin-location.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kukuguliwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pibmg.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/files/62288015816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guijek.com/userfiles/file/joxizovodopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132367b21271---36304657318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f2adb32c59---tadubaxorutaxonoxapugafef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzoltosagmihald.hu/userfiles/file/51667524480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jesssmithtri.com/jesssmith/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ranagobol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquamedia.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jozavaragazodiwaliwibux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lt101shop.com/userfiles/files/5408271267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://razaviota.ir/basefile/razaviotair/files/30443756795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photo-preiss.com/upload_files/files/zagonodiximab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zidezuladafenugigaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexkarvan.com/cache/fck_files/file/44321851964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/22721456830.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_off0000bac3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAC3 10264 bytes
SHA-256: 63fcd24b2b89325ac2724c85307bf3f19cec366ccfceb112ea1c881e92992618
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e9e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9E0 15840 bytes
SHA-256: 64d5b4b0f91835ca6236d5ccfd3dc08d274567dcebd4ba064d8d026bb78b96ed