Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 07e32c508e500682…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 10:18:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c4e4d5f93232052ba084c4417a487c61 SHA-1: 7ff83aa321155fc0ab3dd6aa9e41a11115b43249 SHA-256: 07e32c508e5006828cfbe31d787302765c340f7f57f6ce26ff7ddcf1837deb6f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple links to potentially compromised CMS upload directories suggests an attempt to leverage these for hosting malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e2571ce0c---borosuz.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/mebaka.pdf
    • http://tuanayapim.com/rsm/files/wuwux.pdf
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36aec4d9cbc2be3e44753f5dabe0d69d/sevowigonipinadivu.pdf
    • http://crmrealty360degree.in/userfiles/file/binowoba.pdf
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/panolomagunepuxusemi.pdf
    • https://saatyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/91020812550.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5a33c6b2f---51794568740.pdf
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770846c724d---tutenokuzaken.pdf
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072bdbf66915---rikewu.pdf
    • https://blnk.eu/userfiles/files/bezikudinaga.pdf
    • http://sarlampa.ru/upload_picture/69079848579.pdf
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///14420920191.pdf
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d2a61cd34---fakowefax.pdf
    • http://hongdanhaudio.com/luutru/files/sopevizibasexot.pdf
    • http://upoart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bonusiwugibupob.pdf
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766a84b23bc---vefeletuxidoj.pdf
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd26873d8d---lefasuguregeferiwejaro.pdf
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/13678469513.pdf
    • https://daulte.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lejasozij.pdf
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bdd49f1e77---54362882402.pdf
    • http://hatowo.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/firogikijenuvaninoteze.pdf
    • http://teechart.com/uploads/images/files/xugifadofetazodus.pdf
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607548c1e5794---91695528310.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=a+shadow+by+rk+narayan+full+story+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f360.bin
756f069972378c9458eef6c2dab923570b021c2a3c38b47a8ee6c6f21e3dd314
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF360 10884 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c62.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C62 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012474.bin
8feaa4aed0c8dd4631778bc925c5ed1b3e762a5f2ba261d9d096430e0588638a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12474 16432 bytes