Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a7b6c1101e1a90e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

171.0 KB Created: 2021-07-08 08:46:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b918fbeac9db06aa530cbab8dda50d0d SHA-1: bbabd879889434298843af14b44a52493b467237 SHA-256: 1a7b6c1101e1a90ea4d3b90466f3b3883423c4bc16b6d326b8228ef8c9bc8862
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URIs and link farms on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9679

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 https://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+chambers+and+pumps+are+there+in+human+heart PDF link annotation
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b462ddd5bce---movobutixipugepunomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160914a4f99a75---janenufejopaviravu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bgs1i404bg2uqc9jlk0dpl2bnn/teronojukelamavoterusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1120cdd5011ed096c29a2f1dd3481840/bupolezisinusam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48704b5ab00abe67a4f43503c5d2f8dc/vetakelevoramire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolavalerio.it/userfiles/files/16621162827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c125d7d75933e23cdaf414e1d6633fe/zetosezaziwidifozud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubigroup.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/upload/file/lovapadasik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fwullong.com/upfiles/editor/files/73219149231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/44190048395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609366464c2d1---laxulijapunesupex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/46205912257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tekartltd.com/upload/files/vikerudegiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c92d342ae---32145795349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eld7or3epgio4qh4n5id61qs7s/wizezelapagapefezeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b057bb328---niminozon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seigyobannkaigaikikaku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32900335631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/bomatogovokugixozorelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b13d436b724---xarite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b8672f9b6---55220247986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754e14aa51a---97937689823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d23e8b1b4---mugazijibuzatopinukiranaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/wejopesuxisetitovekoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petukmahaaaraj.com/userfiles/file/mezedenunobise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8db24ad76f---60068273729.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00022b3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22B3D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0002434a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2434A 1984 bytes
SHA-256: 5af3ff85911778c7872a4cee438563be155fcf70f14e79991fce4a2eb5eab62c
font_02_sfnt_off00024c5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24C5B 21760 bytes
SHA-256: 948075fa57d3b4b84ed631d3f7f5e5307ceacb8a98c51b9d76a648099d7a159d
font_03_sfnt_off00028361.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x28361 11164 bytes
SHA-256: fb95f34875d6e0d8997544dc38206fe8ca25d713ee4a63534470e427f0f9cc71