Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d776c7ef112d41c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-26 07:55:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7bf255e8eb74dc6cae952c67cc70a2df SHA-1: 251da06d6b2dd3b73af899dba6ad6bc7a45c7601 SHA-256: d776c7ef112d41c129516a6413804e8b9fb96fc67b1a22998669c8d72a612384
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised websites, as indicated by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure itself is the attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608906acb532f---jixotoxa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec82d92ec1b47a3a6fcb0e54294a5e36/nokubutasefonimojotaleniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dacada6ba8---41191642164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wang023spa.com/userfiles/202106file/2021062416364570554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--p3t29jo1ed4o4xw.tw/upload/files/lanifebewikad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc93a104ec---42272153607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotravenzolo.it/userfiles/files/jisaxefisoxugitelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://termocity.by/pics/files/14413392650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyko.pl/userfiles/file/23595636179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/lidokusoriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22d7882492f14f3892cad6134a1e7539/28764396832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoarduini.eu/userfiles/files/80117814480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c73de34c435a77b875ae1a2db9872d0/54274451455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralinteh.com/uploads/files/bubilukeniruguzov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42-6kcdlkbomh7beggito5p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/55915003822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.com/assets/file/fowex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/km7dlcark5m93uh2rp93uk3nrp/tuwazetunuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50c0dfb4d43d1297ecacf781be91ddb4/tuvuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigsvatcharasith.com/userfiles/file/23263617775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d92331bc35---58402483232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b34b2fc21f4---fikizopamopejomabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2682c3a761107f6781c7799dda192917/21260657354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9b86f1c96---gomuxijadatifubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhighclassof77.com/clients/9/9e/9ea685038b5a197d2022a69b8c6b162a/File/zunezozuxegetuwodezifuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5535d68371---xalatov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=probabilidad+y+estadistica+para+dummies+pdfPDF 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_off0000f469.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF469 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 3189e7fc0c453621ce13b5c706628752d9fb0131e85ead739f66a430e90b5bde
font_01_sfnt_off00010de7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DE7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125F9 17816 bytes
SHA-256: 7e5715f17e74a387463c36b0a4fdfe7b1a9fb8bb798f8e9a188b5adea1a3faa3