Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 07f403f07fb45e29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-07-28 05:18:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3bcca132d884624047d732a5ec243b89 SHA-1: 6479006983ec17568604202213a587bd63dc79d1 SHA-256: 07f403f07fb45e29e60854e019e3e16cd44c735c71244a7ecead4d812affdcd7
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. This suggests an attempt to lure users into downloading further malicious content or engaging in phishing activities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9496

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l4olr1pfcer4okq6ti5l11bg2u/gulerul.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://copingconversations.com/userfiles/file/50487790958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e6eccc0b3---23875224360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8814876d29232f68b03503aa49ed3ec/kuvigomixuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beysukonaklari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dexatoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buren-kompanie.de/userfiles/files/molibutanojotadenugetesik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/gefuvan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8schen210ve0tqg8239ucl9tf5/fomatulule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e99c7e411a---woforax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f51e5c91c4---wujebogawodapekefod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f702452e44e---39099659666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/lefufufezawapexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80296cc9a0e30b773e2ac7293955e8e4/14427137607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsprt.com/uploadfile/file///2021072303172638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160835e27b5f0a---71814856567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faw-asia.com/image/upload/files/64648222866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://echipamente-scule.ro/userfiles/file/14588952063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d5988547a---49888253565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cg7lmns3ed0hljhqmipjlnmoem/66631346689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/bibeviparu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=andantino+f+carulli+sheet+musicPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8364b614c---ranes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f9d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1