Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 07271b7b69f93c36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.7 KB Created: 2021-07-10 00:00:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 1ab9b59863484c032d26ae55ba3a66fc SHA-1: 029ca3bd252296a6951955b6950eeb27e77ef4f7 SHA-256: 07271b7b69f93c36af9855bd9754b4a76e88c79a04da9bb60b30a3f493c735a4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identified as phishing or a trojan. The presence of a link farm suggests an attempt to direct users to malicious content or further stages of an attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a55518c51a---tateduvizumimuluk.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc98311920---lepumen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar2.com/contents//files/62781079807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/pugunibubox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bereanbaptistashton.com/clients/1/1c/1ca8668e480cca1e897b6add33210fc6/File/79018560781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31058660fd11463bf5f247f54f90faa1/30977937122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58adef22542767ce3bd0704e6f0a674a/19413105503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a854563ab57---95001387540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f3994e5f82---nowutigogarojikokawurap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5d8eb8875---91646723323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed4345989ad9fbf692b9308f83974b0b/kedim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a38f9f18c---lamupizitopifizuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8e60f3840---leboxedig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/16650539498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ojkfusm9pma372dhhu6n44uta/xovupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///11770416052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ea11ce1d5---gejazazoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c5a785df4---41132676335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2163f5a5afcf06a6a3d6e09660d46593/92827727373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/lujex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samngaimarble.com/html_upload/file/31900194010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanthuantelecom.com/upload/fck/file/59477940437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkiwicafe.com/uploads/files/55881256297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=easter+meal+ideasPDF 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_off00010af3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AF3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001230a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1230A 10168 bytes
SHA-256: 9925a6fb008621e5fe01781f2f22f7ae1f285366372d3a72fff49fe4178d4747
font_02_sfnt_off000139c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139C0 18376 bytes
SHA-256: ed7ac46bbe0ec710b97d578431f8ea1e1b946259f8a806ebf7b40ed47e36920c