Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7b77ef5e2ed1945…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-27 17:01:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b573c00300479df2608b5bc3b675e92a SHA-1: 45580c9ececb175129116f85a666bcaf28d6b94f SHA-256: b7b77ef5e2ed1945908035c9fc8597dba740056d516ad78c6365d185299b7008
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, characteristic of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or delivering a secondary payload. The file's structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users into clicking through to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://spa-salon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48962783491.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f066d0b200---27651667287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078416b47ecf---74163988050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.net/slicice/file/37760102548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opuntia.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08925941bf0c3843295c1ef9ec75a215/pimekuripopubamobarebuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a6c4c637a---23499416993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline.info/contents//files/69590109532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d98fb5f90c59b09cc37729002fcdd5f/35819664485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f5d233103---tegipomekutipab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maskaevlawyer.ru/userfiles/file/nufol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumbulefendiegitimvakfi.com/resimler/files/mosubod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nm3a78uj9l0alp94es83nh0kee/kopogaraxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/gukonizukivuraxuluwer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrsinternationalbeautypageant.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/45180670635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k6p3nsq9g56dgr96qn0tnabkv8/40357670642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://win-sonic.com/kida2018/ck_imgs/files/sorokenebolobipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e6f09cebf7---lamuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4c8a892ab---jopukugifovuwofidejun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogo110.com/userfiles/file/zirinudosimaziguzerobelus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc0a99e882---wiwowasidoxofezarux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healhumanity.foundation/userfiles/file/jinoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/856870166263e922e4428fa782ebec53/29630211124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20b11815cf6867b4ca2442ee8db95f77/49411831652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/zadojek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suksesunited.com/contents//files/11123234882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+can+i+find+a+pro+bono+lawyerPDF 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_off0000f032.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF032 10676 bytes
SHA-256: f42c4b775b4bbbc768fdb14af7d20077991697e19dcbc6a7ef50d2497f13684b
font_01_sfnt_off00010887.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10887 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012099.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12099 16964 bytes
SHA-256: 9ce071bf7145e063ad1a32b6fed95b873b9a1d605377be4770e3d26fbf3e36c8