Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 07fb40a856286d23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

166.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:31:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ba1e21f5f6db42dba84b9a74c197d8fc SHA-1: 699d4eb2790450a2932d9c9de943732dcb28ceea SHA-256: 07fb40a856286d234b93fad3229c9ef948757d6b96847c7a8e9f69a7e70d2bcc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' further supports this, indicating the document is designed to host a large number of links. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns point towards a malicious PDF designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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 https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bihar+excise+act+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/bototexobipitagefosivip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a744e0073978299f64d91ef9b7c077a/305046183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1hozain.ru/files/userfiles/files/mipufakurirarulofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/rerar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ddea4g4unvehpn3irihmhmq0c/vitigix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/pexinabavotikukur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/nisag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bostoncake888.com/UserFiles/files/fupimivegadomivekuvuwuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa36eeea00c---34831563558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a3cfeb328c---joritipagemorezof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/832cec919718d42d765bf2d312579c2d/gawepatojunetefuxajubejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd751b1166---10951903836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109fa2309372---60580702373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/bigosewitaxopoburuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://responsible-tourism-alliance.com/content_file/files/kidapavanatujofopefufef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propertiproperty.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/86886570932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c015feefc8a---67131630333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djpress.pl/Image/files/dutowukizililijarodizaten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc5123084b---somulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0c61566f5c681551f07260a060ddbf4/tiwipopudagokebar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b927db2d825---32534620757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf6fb77c81---27110897997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metapolar.hu/tmp/rinoxiwepimipabonizikoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b9d6c92b388de24f2608eb2537bb73d/45555158104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbgpiti.com/userfiles/files/sitemudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00022dbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22DBD 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 479d41fe94c722fe2d1a2750c09ae238018260238b06dfa4366acfb70218838d
font_01_sfnt_off00024625.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24625 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00025e37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x25E37 17988 bytes
SHA-256: 073dd9987c973751dff6aaeef04da1fc1033428ac562121415cee4edf73735bc