Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf78edc978fbb077…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 22:55:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7ef073fcda010d4c2533619e89173641 SHA-1: 84f5c3a115a4b11056bb6130109382e39d9a3dc0 SHA-256: bf78edc978fbb0779c7f73ddf97793c196483cc7e22b3f77898148ce769183ed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to external sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=principles+of+quantum+mechanics+shankar+solutions+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://myvideoclasses.com/ci/userfiles/files/pikemiminafadaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/werijexikenejebuwinikid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nano-vip.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70637383141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ebb6c4a491---gokal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c051403e48486b4e6bd3991727cec771/penilibaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/wenasoseguwuzitujunasunuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/gubunixifiwujifewipapalis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/789024ac6f02cfaad270295c52e20809/zowufoniku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barbusci.it/maisUserFile/file/bogazunekuvazozumepalavuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c3e6a087494125e69343d10e1ce8b72/dezasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aan.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/defoves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hongming-eco.com/userfiles/file/26336539267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visualarchive.bg/files/buvumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://33podarka.ru/pictures/files/tokavaxituvanofuxemopag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarclab.eu/userfiles/files/numofelefegefasado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calprin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16041184782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnshoppingbag.com/upfiles/file/pibelisimimibegiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuoitre.bacgiang.gov.vn/lib/ckfinder/files/majilovolewokabar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://22vek-omsk.ru/fck_editor_files/files/70585749264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmsrecuperocrediti.it/images/file/mozeleto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://websbag.com/uploads/files/93972940679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anchor-m.com/js/upload/files/nirinarulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef1n4liucoqfggvvhsrq0715lh/pinaxetuzar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://it-remarketing.pl/app/webroot/media/files/zawilipelikekamox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d304.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD304 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 9007ed395ca7bcd2c726d2f72b0eaf2486b9b7db4d25bccb5535be666267b983
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECDF 17928 bytes
SHA-256: b088a0713eeaa04e4b037fb1379702b0682ab5da268e69833e34b09589c3cac4
font_02_sfnt_off00011b70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B70 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1