Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 07ac2bdabb652c47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:15:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f7a75bffd34818557cfdedb2cfd5e137 SHA-1: 09781c20300724cffa006bdc96da29b6fc91729f SHA-256: 07ac2bdabb652c479a2d80319b8bfdb8adefbfd5ab7fb43e73f5fb3f4a326b5b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to manipulate search engine results or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://sahodayabbsr.com/test/fckeditor/file/vatoxuxed.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://indianpowerliftingfederation.com/userfiles/file/82785401759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5707a74179cba52d937f533fca940906/munolebabijajuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cropscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/sajivisosijemeguzutofemij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8f7efcfc12---17972657457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalrep.com/userfiles/files/bofigisale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840e2293c8a---lapanemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/xejamojixan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/2000890215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exxontel.com/file/23382425405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e42d6aeb6---76919896225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linpus.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/93049765984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taeguektour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210720_80ED37313150F3ED.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yejida.com/userfiles/file/50111056082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tangiahoang.vn/Images_upload/files/demedasijakozomomure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608de3ba15b09---zanutowakunugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080bfd06a4e7---45496541639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38d748da0aed6e88153c8806be426294/zodomesuwomawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021071902384440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e545f07e7---84252685955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucity68.com/clients/e/ea/ea220da86df44fb0ae3b7c8e8295ccc1/File/sikoroxebiporanad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easytravel63.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/musaxofanajukomatifaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae001c50ff---xuzupavubupebez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nandishoverseas.com/UserFiles/File/83855867055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2c0ce710c2---zozugonegad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feynburg-uhren.de/uploads/jatupuxusuxomikizojevedew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f771d16a5---zabigeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=uv+vis+spectroscopy+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000f480.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF480 19768 bytes
SHA-256: 93e77849a8790eddbd4ffb5d485bc1ac929946c6c4afd6dd91def676cf72e032
font_01_sfnt_off000127e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ff8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FF8 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 770abff9fa9406f5fd84942e756f83beb2aacdfb9b492811067c293c8023ebbd

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