Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f777e2876089ef55…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-08-13 15:17:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9318d60b4386d21de6f8f9026ea97fa0 SHA-1: 868ad30165a9896d90515702141add172b7adfb8 SHA-256: f777e2876089ef556473abf675c3d0c92492b920147ac3a60caac18356c5bb81
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of urgency language further supports a phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79b5f7d705---7148585417.pdf
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d58d4334e---78311100383.pdf
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a57115fa4---78844617347.pdf
    • https://ystechpro.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/sigenamawuladopajuserogil.pdf
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38daue9jdkv30cl9qkpr9sqot3/13339381785.pdf
    • http://uleshuzatshop.hu/files/file/wurupifer.pdf
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e9df4cb52---zedomejanu.pdf
    • http://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/suzudikewesasuruxuri.pdf
    • http://ssteelelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/15673147234.pdf
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/vijogulikivizote.pdf
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ai91q394pu57v30r1s70m10uq/digudonun.pdf
    • http://alompar.hu/uploads/content_files/files/rozosesagibamuxokug.pdf
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607496c636f08---ramukenipuxonekezimi.pdf
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0e82dadc81---43131830299.pdf
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4bf0f221f47b4434bdd3da618db69b3/83034116410.pdf
    • https://grup-insaat.com/userfiles/file/38042844447.pdf
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uomabakulocg7b3cpibqs90g27/teluwixidedorosuboza.pdf
    • http://studiopedrazzini.eu/userfiles/files/82855980511.pdf
    • http://tecs4.com/intranet/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ranejusixe.pdf
    • http://jpbullies.com/clients/2/2c/2c827f09d77a589c2c5c7da8c033a3f4/File/mufujogenige.pdf
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/rurole.pdf
    • https://alperbehang.nl/userfiles/file/vijamexomenusud.pdf
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b1d0f0af5906f3a5af8be1bc8466d97/10872741736.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=abo+and+rh+blood+groups+worksheet+answers
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e937.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE937 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001014e.bin
f33b4efb5e3a6b2ff106480c7db58fb84414d3b6b115f805fe4c533467edc10a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1014E 10976 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011a70.bin
3b9978b82b7205b1e47789233011e77ba1d2bcbc9b6120808039bf9116758842
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A70 17080 bytes