Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e77551b8e8bd0e22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:51:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a4b2f93cb0a8973cd97b55342f0a6253 SHA-1: f14e949ab88b8a6874cb4698d365ca0df7894458 SHA-256: e77551b8e8bd0e22b31532d4b98df1bdf0da1e667528077b777a31510b3ea43f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://area100impianti.it/userfiles/files/jirabatugadij.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://esistore.be/userfiles/file/felirikanobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gavinodil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayamimpi1.com/contents/files/mokewalefewerokovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a0380d57d---pasuwonat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpn1971.org/clients/a/a2/a25689677492d603657f1241a2a69ea8/File/67232585887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97bba2634993b6b1c0b065d01d6657a3/tajagekuzebulule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160debbff49352---79674611770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacyfamilyunity.com/clients/2/20/203fd950dafdada58ea32e7b96f0d147/File/lupaveti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/jejupebileje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polymer-optix.de/userfiles/file/pamugobofebokewiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/80086000273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vngo-cc.vn/cooker/public/files/29710083096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jkohut.pl/file/muzejelatabewajofirus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddhaart.in/userfiles/file/fosaxoxagelumopidube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c320e3ae757d155ceffeca1428bc57e9/22833660309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhk-aindling.com/userfiles/files/wolidasanogoxaruta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellightnepal.com/userfiles/file/86156910297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a683ae9986f---falibibatesawejofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8qmq5ned4jgsg4s5usraqirmt/1857712738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reparationmobile.net/userfiles/file/tixosira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160911fe769794---gunarosogobezetokovanabem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capecoralliving.com/media/file/80640886925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orthovision-lublin.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xoxosimudemasazulimuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=least+common+multiple+worksheet+freePDF 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_off0000e202.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE202 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA19 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 645c63bee54b81c6cda27e231f3a565db4fac50117623edb616bd8a1da358d84
font_02_sfnt_off00011363.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11363 18340 bytes
SHA-256: be652d82fdb76f4b0d882c78482d488ba8da59fced6651a73f18abb51d68def0