Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78fbab15a7c090f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-06-30 05:15:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f33cf4d6ffc0dc8894f81d3f0af852f3 SHA-1: d65904f8df6bde374d1b9b530da8b74dc21c7520 SHA-256: 78fbab15a7c090f3f088e895450a39578df108ab6fae92f1f68e9116e32bc60e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits malicious characteristics, including the presence of numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and potentially disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it acts as a lure to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d80774e46c9326c13e57810fb1ecbf2/3445990916.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0896e9e7bb55ba04f060029fe792a75b/foxepeter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/73909817365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/7271471498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/fukazabivazazomik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db82b0f6b3---4912492163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/33229864026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/xebebekivez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4746d1f8017a487bd88e048b49072f49/mituwogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac3d5a210655d1ad49359e5682d09722/gewufoguses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075af4fed362---tazubid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60778767035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/74964733632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdalehorseboarding.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14702933925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.houstonorientalrug.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33009773263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vogiantinhmach.com/media/ftp/file/21506710495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f96c65076---77487297095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097478ca6bb6---94015820531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b0a23c1589---domaraweworomusuviso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083023f8413c---zugebelad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/90802538730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087052b15d14---gokaxoxisuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stbq2vsiqofmv60d5hmeoc45v5/79715782504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/28887335481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=ethics+in+computer+sciencePDF 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_off0001027c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1027C 17564 bytes
SHA-256: 3c3f3159c01334904768225781c2e5f2f47e62bb50f00485d068c863a9b001c6
font_01_sfnt_off00013093.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13093 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 908fa2d15c339629db8c47aaea6c4394b22d20e94cdf097fea73350d6e889a7d
font_02_sfnt_off0001484a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1484A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1