Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78f3226c14000b79…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 11:48:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f2cce997d9588e6c82eec76423704897 SHA-1: be4fc17f94585a0d04e12b02099c8fc0f8bb7328 SHA-256: 78f3226c14000b795ba1b0293537fcae597cae9da5e5c4a2351e1f17abf28697
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of a download button heuristic further supports this, indicating the document is designed to trick users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcc0f7ee4d---18649452837.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0579cdc2e45ea749b1ed7c9523143832/wupeduxisewifuzafategem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608001ee89006---13316105861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f812d4d5d7---futopijusuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87630e462b253120da0feceb418f57c9/61523116157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/gadefetoxidowazezuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aedelsur.com/contenido/files/fogaxagonolalaxosoxeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/88714663854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kenkj7c9hh2etvk4qesamp7465/nusolosovebibatotexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whs1963.com/clients/7/75/758a827d59fb1c2827eec60421ffdc22/File/93646095133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealskinz.ru/files/file/wolivatosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609471506ed8e---62434967706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9d23500c80---powugitotegiguvewagidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cea7657de3570a4bac3fb8d22ea2a3a/zuzazezuguwilavanukodif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6k5cgamc3cjc3maim278l4kms3/45533952383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/sipebanin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160709255f2cef---mitonenogirupofirumugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pfm9ch1u7c34m4k1h3ul1b3tok/tuvawalerusufuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/euue6mucvk1upfqqa329ndo9b2/52267288558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44df9ee120cd9cb38d4ec7303926d105/81907804446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aarhuskortet.dk/images/file/zasujanasejefixosen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/jujefopunefepasivabiwepus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biirbeh.mn/images/content/file/fifezopixozetikadutulafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fcde3fdbf187d09cf69e8583f67061f/dedafanuvudewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/pilowim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b1205ab88---boniwesafomuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/mewunulunakekuzir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=interview+answers+about+yourselfPDF 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_off0000f7ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7AD 17284 bytes
SHA-256: c97c5913144ba4bc3f53d9da7f0beadf5d7b55079c897bc8a4dbdbac1b6abc68
font_01_sfnt_off00012431.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12431 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013c48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C48 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 8dd88a8a2ab241a4511901a98e33ffd0cb381914b72ca97fdc946f1dc1d92301