Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 07402965e3eb149e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-07-05 07:09:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: c533f1c6f9602c2a8a1e024b9b01e645 SHA-1: 88fa92f80b4bcd6ecfb091dd415ef1ceb653168a SHA-256: 07402965e3eb149e0f55d8c89b96f8eed036a6efb94578f161213ecc31443fd8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites utilizing formcraft plugins for file uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings and URL analysis suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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 https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c9819134c4---jibazupumijofam.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b3c39f3b9f---nivoxiropitini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/bejetazomadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helloshoppingnepal.com/userfiles/file/dunobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16adbb8f5c2450db8c547b58f62fcf11/kupokipekonivuponevomuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724a4088222---lidoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v3ied0hiavkdt1hk6quqnuog6s/zamanisolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iblo3s0g58adv4gq14rk3rqlgn/rugesoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://havanic.com/cache/fck_files/file/fumidililikesuwutiwinina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcccphucvinh.com/upload/files/suxilejutoduboxatig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35c36750b4b36386d3e89802586aa029/52748126527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d32d1f8d0b23d228c79444023db6e427/debopaxiviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syteq-pro.com/userfiles/file/63243415411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p72evp3gcokoa8ael1biob4m94/29503036424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/muzituxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/pamujeredososu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boilerservis.ru/uploads/files/60483356518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fhc103a0ol5dl8utboaaerv1ug/luxoletes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be759f1c07b---65782369007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinhadventure.com/uploads/file/91925849509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://workinhotel.com/upload/fckfile/60696337445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=chalet+petry+spaPDF 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_off0000da9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA9F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B6 10180 bytes
SHA-256: 8fe540d107425593d617950c1110fc706f55a9fc620a5f4a51514696eedfbcef
font_02_sfnt_off000109bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109BC 18736 bytes
SHA-256: c5f1e631a531a652eecc2549cc3b4f49fa374256b2c11554b8e7f46fc562b11c