Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e78efe99de7ba12e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-08-10 12:51:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1201df2cf2acce313a43f65e9d1c55b1 SHA-1: f0c86e86d891378c94b6ee783d29ce1e7cc67e3d SHA-256: e78efe99de7ba12e00cb69915c5395252fd579756e904bfac22a923c1d1362c3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'link farm' and the use of 'utm_term' parameters in URLs further support the conclusion that the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=descargar+driver+booster+full+2021+mega PDF link annotation
    • https://intervalhousehamilton.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20199823430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newtrichur.com/userfiles/file/1059081507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/kaperorinarajeser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voxel-avocats.fr/uploads/file/42337789076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2rkuas0he51o2tpma59k24rtgs/mosorop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smg.bid/ckfinder_userfiles/files/tabejose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099132c16f6f---38678301650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f07865ce3ab98355f2c40314ada19477/20561147833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f6p7ai0po5hpc43gptefhi8md/dowipebikud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/57193593127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiande-global.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xidowanenepewam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/203490df91c3c1aeb7f770cfa9dff47e/sogofuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/415805c32ff66648e2333fcfcedd216e/72189498281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d78333e7dd6281a63309459441910e85/vatumuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8f6ab9831---14008351868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rf0bsa25ujgsar9s82m3k6019q/rekaverazuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinedafoundation.org/imageuploads/file/78002622933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161076e262ab13---ruxodova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminesenlikoglu.org/resimler/files/divufobozonowat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/susixinetitewujijajuvuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://memphiscentral1969.com/clients/865565/File/24119265827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11d900dc0c001111774aa893ee15f207/digukezadavivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a2eade52d---jawidokobijisimifelefigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e04509a2da8---katovixuvozolipaxobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deccb91556c8aa1f2fb8c2dae487321a/lepaxizaw.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED09 17544 bytes
SHA-256: ae28d88079c78efdea71230b13d9b990063e0e155af629c501af7f7bb6bf32a4
font_01_sfnt_off00011989.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11989 11316 bytes
SHA-256: 3dd3e1468e60c60b6ffa0829af01cefdf7dad6e524a790e20d809cf0d3922c30
font_02_sfnt_off00013413.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13413 2768 bytes
SHA-256: b400c9ed39e28d071a8ecbb11fc8c76055ecdd535977bef5ea4b156fa99be618
font_03_sfnt_off00013f86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F86 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1