Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b7ef8581ce57ad9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 08:28:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e30df833f6ffc8b84204a4ffdc0a2f13 SHA-1: d7345468677ce1dfd5ba3c24845e26faeda74715 SHA-256: 0b7ef8581ce57ad9e910ad0632393c8d141b4cbd46abb4757ada785aa792635b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to domains that appear to be compromised or used for hosting malicious files. Heuristics indicate this is a link farm, likely intended to direct users to phishing sites or download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://bortran.com/upload/image/file/20210602053008.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607718018aab5---dowisor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/8934531282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editora-arara-azul.com.br/site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/laxapobivozefesigukolivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a238cf579296eaca6feeb137faf11c7/badegegogavupapixekonoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9bdfbf45d---vemekumulapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i04go6g3idl4i4h9bbbj8c2fol/7241044402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logtech.cz/foto/Image/file/lopakidosuxivobezapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superbarter.sk/media/file/perapekasarig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://f-okinawa.com/img/tmp/files/vavibodifatatis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160906a82b0dbf---tarazorom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9e10eef087---gitexivijelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krikrik.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/fakepewebik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4060fb45c7b68708d6603848109dceb0/35015738410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coluer.ir/documents/file/22411888478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920339b2f25---repazibil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d76478244---segimej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloit1962.com/clients/8/83/8368a4f838dea3176655029ae9e337da/File/kixazafav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3416ngjglmu604160pek330d7/70348178714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160963155de61d---vimeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/zutux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d375c41e61---38247721466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610031c221f0b---52598963517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=a+free+man%27s+worship+by+bertrand+russellPDF 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_off0000f96a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF96A 17976 bytes
SHA-256: 185bf0a44a0702a63425ac32faafc743a01a1c225279a7bb702913cab35ac763
font_01_sfnt_off000128c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128C1 11220 bytes
SHA-256: b7f5d4265da3c5a38ffd30604b571dc4a255d1209e2629a0e1256901a4977b1d
font_02_sfnt_off000142b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1