Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 120ea7cb8c5eb54c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 20:36:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7a75ba1d0ce48050c0829d3d2ed4a31d SHA-1: 141bd39596bde0acda3ab5eac5304fafb96d4447 SHA-256: 120ea7cb8c5eb54cb7e70d65e3ae72a1d26bc514eb48200529923593f1436e60
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs and link farm structure suggest the primary goal is to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://bacsiha.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73880056855.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://elma1.ru/!upload/files/30298441244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozora.schaffsen.com/contents/file/jorivot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bn-biz.com/userData/board/file/12894587449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smalternatywa.pl/media/upload/files/ffbb2c5ec3aa07be3613717b1a2185a3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://werkschoenenverkoop.nl/images/docman/files/nopupewelipiraxelak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prshots.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buralikoxitixapazaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137d51970826---18428790285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graczeonline.pl/userfiles/file/bamezasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snbedu.com/uploadfile/file///2021090411213846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cabsfromheathrow.com/userfiles/file/lakerutopobezokobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/welifokuvozar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1medical.com/uploaded/file/xigabugimawilora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff8ed49df7---29279881699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aurastaffing.es/upload/file/rezupurunamatabuvumoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzion-pod-rozhlednou.cz/img/file/puxuwipubugovonifik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olynskiconstruction.com/pics/file/mejapiporarekifidimusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akgoz.zemta.com/uploads/files/41907332906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fee20c79ce---gopuxeniwuselowarax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oteliapelsin.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64271192159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handlpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/mexezalixaneresitepewara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ad975090ca4f0cc4bb69fe5879480ec/wivesusokuguwafow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-baltic.com/myfiles/dok/32837540743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carneslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/66315123804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviafond.ru/userfiles/file/bivezebepemed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/dasegokotane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sutipatika.hu/userfiles/files/kuses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161405f9505f0c---rolewofapalenidon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=gta+san+andreas+mobile+freePDF 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_off0000e41a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE41A 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 0e7bd1d624fbe326abd9025aa640b34d3fec2e71e140a54211ddd321eb297d78
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC9D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000114af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114AF 17904 bytes
SHA-256: 1d8deffc8332272abb98b741da8a3fc441c2eabc38dd3383c170c426a283332e