Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f7c7ecc220310b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 06:55:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c5f3b2ed6f1962634e336944b05082f6 SHA-1: 697903fba2462e4c26260d2444c35891e25b5192 SHA-256: 4f7c7ecc220310b532d9681e59c0a37636f85403388bd715c32ebd6ae48c2a52
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm strategy to host malicious content. The presence of external URIs and link farms on potentially compromised CMS uploads indicates an attempt to obscure the true malicious destination and distribute further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c0578ea02e---xifap.pdf
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o6g0spk8cemi3e3dm5tq0act9k/53257693891.pdf
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c79c01c79ca---fizukusizixefajutakobirak.pdf
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-3/20210503142505764564.pdf
    • http://lukinserv.hu/file/tikutamofukej.pdf
    • http://high-keenltd.com/userfiles/file/74840422991.pdf
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847e49ba8be---temazubobidaxe.pdf
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47vsooppd4k0slqo2bpt2qc2m7/55394900316.pdf
    • https://alirezamirmohammadi.com/images/upload/files/kavijimejuritapabi.pdf
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b22fabd9b99---totokebof.pdf
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0521ce8a8dc0878f1da17d2a0d07c0e/83486901644.pdf
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a99f4d946e---88291695417.pdf
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c041114a006e4a8c0f422920974c1d0/rizuregexuk.pdf
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cbad3bf7b7cb317bd0001128588bd7b/fesamux.pdf
    • https://www.kcequipment.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83597bdac7bdd0346d61aaac898782fe/botunigobuneruz.pdf
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/83565260903.pdf
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/37972630319.pdf
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e014f7c36f---13535503909.pdf
    • https://webvitamin.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/goxulawewigo.pdf
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/saxujudowapo.pdf
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7de3ca7d9849472418747dbbcd0ac8e/tibuwijerokebuki.pdf
    • http://aodaibooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210530_5A9798E573C0D966.pdf
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/52963710253.pdf
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/rupober.pdf
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2ac3043ee---4180713897.pdf
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d94091c14d---96955313796.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=thank+you+letter+to+boyfriend+after+break+up
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed57.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED57 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010569.bin
7e8f3a2674f0cfcdf2356da7a872b2e8fb14194dd5874ecee9b23bbda98bb8c3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10569 16436 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012fca.bin
116a22450ddacaa368c2718b54d1007187652977d8dc2d3d77e74a593dc4d678
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FCA 10836 bytes