Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e676b777ebd92eb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-08-29 11:52:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 86f94b2526f241bb601d4d452e005f79 SHA-1: bb39edbd68d295f8a2d8b44d03283a233437ef3b SHA-256: e676b777ebd92eb71e01aaeabd618d20d2ddefbd1b6ca68f4e017421734e1ea4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of numerous links to potentially compromised CMS uploads and SEO-focused disposable hosting reinforces the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/detopikibuzisaninubep.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085afd7db1b8---dutetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winso.tw/userfiles/file/76971360636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangduy.vn/vn/files/62089860408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiermyanmar.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19098269908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oxi-dental.ro/imagini_ws/12413003205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seedomoretravel.com/files/files/bivofexuzofana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erdbau-rauch.at/33390143120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dooroc.com/tk/upload/file/5582097482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30b5f98815f478d7c2d2ccd044576693/fukoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ariconium.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36718922726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c14a2299f---dikurapetibunugunalona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k8qvjlmcl9n3n2vbl01sl0ebt3/serurusewugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a84e2574e6---mipoxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63f4d1fb73b45905b15b90b13285d95b/20925423482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovechardonnayhills.com/userimages/32808601235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-journal.com/media/file/gabaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3629712323---38022793310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalkulacka-hypo.cz/userfiles/files/lifeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/nurexijimusirikewukoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klimatyzacjaradom.pl/userfiles/file/33160534614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c4027a5f0f---juful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baodieptailor.com/uploads/2021-06-30/images/files/57339343716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairway.cc/images/blog//file/xopixebiwenuxonilexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16128ab6be10c2---jobidigimifowenunusibunor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=king+of+fighters+2015+apkPDF 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_off0000decb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDECB 17960 bytes
SHA-256: 7c931f35a4ddf7e89f5cf8494a83204143a7da6bc4bc79e2946a4fb80a416d15
font_01_sfnt_off00010dca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DCA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125E1 11104 bytes
SHA-256: af48c6edb63a8d70fa5c69aa49ebeab2fc307818dbf213681a5d37f099191e4b