Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f76627ea8b0fd83d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-07-08 23:17:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b736a0f595632c7e995e595e849c34ad SHA-1: 1cce590d1badb18bfae304744ab1379bdb0f4d04 SHA-256: f76627ea8b0fd83d8546645c8da1b55d8e0b8a5ca439f3db860a00424d6d09f0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage 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 malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://sns.hu/_user/file/zunorufajana.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n895p39o8rso1jg7co8ot92vpk/21301202292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techsystem.gr/data/uploads/ckeditor/files/bifebilavozuluvumawenoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiotovn.com/Images_upload/files/fufamaxobip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/waxawovifip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/impvnd7ann0ghi9crmsgu6auvr/ginijugog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096bb4992bf7---duwesivosawaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantalife.nl/userfiles/file/fiwedudopeguvowez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e21bc9d3d01a10555b04b9c9c66836fe/18919364574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cedb08bb22a9dce82887e886e9fa991e/29585405896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0837eed6c3---32808205144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3c04d1e8e---nuzilujimerufakekanidagew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5f6b0b68b---52171350345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fp6tn6mpe9tbbl8cq055doj9m7/44788688343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df6f777c203359df8431ecab337ddbab/vifesomuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86e4250774---lewikivonamozuwigigumida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/dapomozigazetesegefuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a5400fa57aed1c6b1fcc2c75acfad9c/42487968170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rasmesafar.net/basefile/basefiles/78040253030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5532eb2e9d---jezevamom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marathon-gexin.com/Uploadfiles/files/kudekesagomaweruvenow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/47700945140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehigh86.com/clients/13680/File/8484766688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e34d4efdfe4ace8ee1a320a58f1b0a36/resav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=the+equalizer+movie+download+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_off0000ef2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF2C 10772 bytes
SHA-256: f0bf3a787b0029c1d751790f0f4e5f795d72db4c6a5e4418c79bb4a99d69a2a1
font_01_sfnt_off00010794.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10794 16876 bytes
SHA-256: 26a4396a972064730452bc04a59148e3ad7d5c0cc02dd03d1ab72af68fd5a37e
font_02_sfnt_off00013389.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13389 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1