Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f76750ce36823745…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-21 05:37:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e4d86cace21e7e55a3bf5624bd39e23d SHA-1: b0af2538d9ba2ad4949f3b9ab9e34972a7deafb9 SHA-256: f76750ce36823745cee0d552ce46748a0e4eead6eb85f8f5e79c77f9b76f579d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF used as a lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://ipsgroupjjn.org/userfiles/file/wamuledef.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/15063415323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7jk5456eiejec7shr75l7c9sa7/wabugavuvifikijukexigujuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chelseacarpet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/uploads/69987617587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1324ab50fa---rivasekinamibusukapafeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sasqhng4cc30iob4kc0n7g8ig7/rowaxurivevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/leziganonasipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/18103567406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860ee6265d0---1413685606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p1fjktj1ag60b9jqfdjps1m7a3/dosiroruzibuzak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d97f34a6f---vibozifeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gofropack.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cac2433a4d334e627017d53603ca6a6/27165141197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oprfhs70.com/clients/879438/File/48274282982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89f03924ec979aeb5a0ed24376e0e3a5/35192607968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvatoredivilio.it/userfiles/file/72551600319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac4209a2180---vofutolosegos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d74ded4d9---87963274065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g0aseb7b3qh7rkt198ivhoo5a2/pugowubuloxasemex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17580b023ded916150b4207e71ae10de/naxutidunusokasunufujud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b8ffa158be---somobapupip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southafricapools.com/contents//files/81718600457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/tavibaxikiluvojavavof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d807fd8659---nubopabesebopojepugedufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/20217191050177993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b4d07f3b3ba88bf111a6b1d10741ac3/25845453152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=tooth+decay+front+teethPDF 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_off0000e99b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE99B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101B2 10344 bytes
SHA-256: 8cf9d549ca47c8b258485d0e017c9a856c301a39f334001fffe331d3e35c34b7
font_02_sfnt_off00011908.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11908 17200 bytes
SHA-256: 6679f53e256dad9848c1311d83a5ed931da5bfd948ddf672c76e8f015f2bb372