Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a78b2da32d846335…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-07-04 07:44:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 6ce0996bf151523fed7f57fd21800e78 SHA-1: 0fde8326a57999648a11ccdf14cccf6ab30f0634 SHA-256: a78b2da32d8463359729c101c301d28c2668b550e9ce9e738ccbeb6d3081fe21
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of numerous PDF_URI and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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 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 http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a4f56bebb---35692545904.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01893afbd86c31d5651b81354610b290/35130985593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vokawatekojasido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d390cd11ec---23423003201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7366efabe0ccfd77c43614223e02eea/97999787763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bn23os2fm18icosv3ipevbea4u/nabojiwajojudufilarebufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160931d5887a74---varukupavinimirafime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/vudolava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apvn.info/userfiles/file/bowilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/gutogosowibeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalgoodviewresort.com/Uploads/file/7971468596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c79i43lah9dddu0kp4pr0cvf7/15906889157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a12d7f9d694---xirubuxitokefof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/33501819289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatanggiabao.com/images/uploads/files/minidukiguzezodaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/46315354651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f6604690b---35415504874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/jerojeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eqfapf075j20em4jr3gqjdqq6k/nazogewobud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b05a8f13294---kezid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5984ffccf96ed58991bbdda89493e2bd/kuvosoluwenebafadusudej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75790d53c9cc55950cb1e57b2ee29eb4/ritolix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bielwod.com/userfiles/file/kejidisomafutasapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=word+document+downloadable+free+resume+templatesPDF 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_off0000cefd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEFD 11008 bytes
SHA-256: b5b99da97cede155b07d88e0fc93cd6d2db56760856f117848c26b79c9c4fb48
font_01_sfnt_off0000e878.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE878 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001008a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1008A 16608 bytes
SHA-256: 41d9a9dfca33c4b74d61af4e2b7967893884d6c85b474f6f2ab662f6ec8a6e2a