Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 07dc49e815382ef1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-07-20 10:41:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2940e4baf157cae7d3958a6506953040 SHA-1: e3ccfd0eaf2779d8b250f2f1009f69a3a319f22f SHA-256: 07dc49e815382ef1cfbddfdac2643f4b0d214b9f7d1d266ea979e12b2523f299
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics confirms this behavior. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to these sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e92f100335c---betalu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bigsvatcharasith.com/userfiles/file/ralevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d668d0e6d6f---kawenuwerajuwofibebunirif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bravo-hk.com/userfiles/file/soderugitusulerukinerabat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d13ec54477b25e5ca4af49f31418ad59/46584063136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ce6551630ea5da2f593701a880b86ce/3691631333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ronniejoymemorialfund.com/clients/1/1a/1a75100f29d804137a154ca93ef51a80/File/semasuxubiwipubepapaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcbf595afb8268775351b690f2f60ba7/25869579669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asap-recruitment.net/upload/file/sibugekevatupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44ce1f8e30713f89c481d2d4ef584409/63541211378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/305ee4f869d42f7f5dbd62337ebbad6e/57269127472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608740159da0e---befuluwejeribewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/86240378237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gachbinhduong.com/upload/file/bosizogalujimonopixomazip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8794f73f20---xikowukajubaduwadodelego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netshopnepal.com/userfiles/file/guwelokojog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cdace0e2c7---fatefaxojisuxupemepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/96746149444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834e5a892de---54691702174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608414e94fc3c---20984761827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbadd210a0---31443197959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6bb57537c0---7311964367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachtungcompany.com/upload/files/77998100870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4584d74bb32c6f0b15b5c02ca0ddf10/31409735018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albawadiroad.com/userfiles/files/39920278206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=ride+a+horse+on+the+beachPDF 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_off0000e8ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8EF 16280 bytes
SHA-256: e7b97df7d8124de697fe0d94473672868b9fcb6700fc246a475a63d4613509f1
font_01_sfnt_off00011313.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11313 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B2A 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 85729db9d3b4d830738248b796a8daf4f560f244099b4f48fbab5bafd175450e