Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe77b0f43962c27e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-08-02 16:49:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ce42940c6f6c79dbc52079a5946df071 SHA-1: aceeeee088f177cc2374e78012eadd07ff70d8d7 SHA-256: fe77b0f43962c27e110cbe77c4ac894abbdbccced12b8fc2e7dc78e46251c983
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://gabinetpro.pl/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/3118950934.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/696e0a067f02b7f8c9eefd57f1a52f58/95588145735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speakingaboutnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mesuwevokoxuwazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pamat.ro/UserFiles/file/84713986244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euforbiabulgaria.com/uploads/pages/files/gonalifapajedibolinove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jfkrr0u600n8inr71qubknb8b5/46254666043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ocejlc8hbt2ntmn87c0vu43c7d/71731174018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web68s.com/upload/files/sixufodavowuraza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be0881017ef311a95f23ea73038c8014/motupupoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59318ff7470c14fa1c067c571a09a22f/62321441821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f19b082c87a---suzivoruwegepogobotudamom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/vejudowewiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf53b8493f---13833333245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jun-travel.com/userfiles/file/nawejive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asharfilalkulfi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zapofumowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb3ee5ee314e2bba7ee298f726ae6993/dulikipod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnaixi.com/userfiles/file/20210614144235_412926003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindonis.com/userfiles/file/kevavufavifaremenepufom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/436e28d56dcbd63d1515b98caad4c3fe/puloruwejimonorij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houstontca.org/Content/uploads/files/piradebavoxage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb28004dc9eda270029407da44da77d9/jipozazuvinuduwasiked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fujuag1t6ch2krl0lu9sl9l4f1/fijurekoxazixebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1bda1f97c---jenugibaxoneruri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0kqo39rirbgvu1ost07rrpqb9/dotizobolemexibumaguwip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eagle-aviation.com/userfiles/files/mazavoxinisana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=hvs+hotel+franchise+fee+guide+2019PDF 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_off0000f4db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010cf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CF2 11372 bytes
SHA-256: 9ad836c5adb0482b8b83594aa01e70daae1023c29f9dc0efc6f47ddf946291c8
font_02_sfnt_off00012791.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12791 17784 bytes
SHA-256: a21ccdfbfc81b5f2bf1c8f1d9184a0b3a3588ad47e4847356395d88e70e12641