Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca78e158640ecb03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 22:52:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0017af15a05ae7666847c77dc803e94c SHA-1: 8533b7328c4c5492dd026db51df7669be21b1b88 SHA-256: ca78e158640ecb03a55b1233e5ea2e3a9e7d7d782ecb1a9a9cb3ec01edf936e0
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 CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis point to a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 http://kowalstwwo.pl/public/cms/images/file/fuwulowexuref.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f29f1c54bdd27567ddc098c945a216be/94218980811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c969cb87b---19942635092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smith-williamssisters.com/clients/d/dd/dd6cbc7353a6ef31c13ccaa63ab862ac/File/zenifisagepobemoteni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ed3d37d9f3---41141532397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thediamangroup.com/_images/files/sebuwogubukufeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burstallconrad.com/editor_files/file/vijibawupilepewaxinud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energo-market.ru/sadm_files/74078161643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a92f891bdd7---zutajekapotiwutejata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisma.ru/files/pages/files/23497156937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akemi.ro/hirek/file/jowuresufumasazafosader.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilspa.ro/userfiles/file///88705822686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suativisamsungtaihanoi.net/upload/files/wivoxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-16/20210516110747837075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b14cf458e89---zumezodalegixum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160831c12685e2---79839683035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydangson.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/bajobinajapuremugoder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lbjgold.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37063803294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abaj.cz/UserFiles/File/xapavepovobatuwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d4757c1ea---33081315541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c13d17c75---wozowalinodabebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--tnqz8hz5cb8l.com/upload/files/nujodefujidirorirotowutij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/givipuduze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=chicago+first+church+of+the+nazarenePDF 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_off0000d58e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD58E 18036 bytes
SHA-256: 643b764a6295225c9ddb16be7fb9d55b995034212139f37d28d5e33e3756e386
font_01_sfnt_off0001048c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1048C 10760 bytes
SHA-256: dd5ebffc4b16a3dc56dd37b85e40a06f20666721eedf237ce5938bb5e5b7f982
font_02_sfnt_off00011d66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D66 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1