Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b77ec9b2023e13b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.3 KB Created: 2021-06-25 21:14:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f0e0cac6e84096c600daf41778273269 SHA-1: de18dfe6c6c911d77a4e5382fcb95e4a5ca6cd53 SHA-256: 7b77ec9b2023e13b0332e4987d794d2e0967db76b88045a4f246066e72878791
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV detecting it as a phishing trojan. The file functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, likely intended to lure users to malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of these links and the nature of the hosting suggest an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9874

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=who+wrote+david+and+goliath+in+the+bible
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tir2t8oqso7ud6drbsdi2ov5nh/gusoxe.pdf
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/84210634046.pdf
    • https://cmsschoolkg.org/userfiles/file/moxokejolil.pdf
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a33978d8db9d2246d89101f013b99fae/powule.pdf
    • https://jerseyshorepirates.com/userfiles/files/lolijesubofoz.pdf
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac31632f7a3---5595145845.pdf
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b57a44ab378b42170c0b6b5a79097d97/34603387878.pdf
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d3da037078---nuboka.pdf
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609acb5f4d22d---situxuw.pdf
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc50a7bd1321302deb62656b00389cf9/lurisile.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0a9cea7786---50542873089.pdf
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2124f310e6---verikatolelupijag.pdf
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82cf99af311730768bc7ab19e32208d4/vebumobujilapidug.pdf
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087702c41270---pumogolilasodafig.pdf
    • http://datev.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90399212884.pdf
    • http://amirafouad.com/uploaded_files/file/ruvalotamelofu.pdf
    • http://52fotki.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14330743722.pdf
    • https://btcauction.vn/hinhanh/file/18140733484.pdf
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/78755066204.pdf
    • http://tai-yang.tw/taiyang/upload/file/mevawoludisafipowobadofax.pdf
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/21686429249.pdf
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/vugaw.pdf
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcaa1911a4a---96617741524.pdf
    • http://emurus.jp/userfiles/file/85817877137.pdf
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082cfa75bd0f---87882201927.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010ee2.bin
910f63498de84dfe7f5c4f3075caba0f1fec186bd65a853e6f368152d3966b5f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EE2 19680 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001421b.bin
164ba412628362a4761cf5e1e90f16f352817fcafdadfbc8ac3bb34f0c0414a1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1421B 10644 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015a3a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A3A 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0001724b.bin
9360d186e03f44f3d73b0337346c5caf5c72916f3e70db74aaaa5f5302b93d70
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1724B 18116 bytes