Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d7892827e54204d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 13:15:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 27e71c0aa7f286b7b868fe2de624665b SHA-1: 2f791e29f78d46bdd220cd5b27aa8ac1c9686b63 SHA-256: 6d7892827e54204d6d096eaf7471903c7630d66a75fba9b77113046bd11bda15
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many pointing to PDFs hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings and URL analysis are sufficient to determine its function as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4kfcp726b2hv8upufnuuqr9iva/vofudunapel.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tryinvest.eu/userfiles/files/82284897282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ef84ee54f---ropidejamub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ba5e885a0---55347767108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/robarijazujeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://its-bulgaria.bg/files/file/sidali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/texokuzibexowoguvow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dunakanyarfesto.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/remixozowagol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thevelascofamily.com/clients/11614/File/wojenizejujetuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210428050124112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8vqqsdh87c36lgm57n7dsir43/muwizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c28e935ed0d---jasajebatodugoxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607adfdb382ef---96907183768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///rozibefipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/362478642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b690d4b592075680ddc12f66dc8ed14/gakovenafoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/32247303317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9a6616afd---55266535909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erex.hu/upload/file/94516440348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e401ed094bd---vumesimanadonasivifiladot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d80c2cfd1---mefupupuzuvife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avigailpekelman.com/sites/default/files/file/32662348882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dusunceokulu.net/resimler/files/sasigojebisonumugole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c48c7a8db82---38710250479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeraldoutback.com/clients/f/f6/f61299a274fa8fdb0c00f5b1ed511d42/File/76389363880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/686787240909ac010ffe4c45971eb9dc/supagexirawigejujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=beagle+hounds+for+salePDF 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_off0000e9c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9C7 17844 bytes
SHA-256: 06e873126f0e567fb80d688f416f509fc06ab32f14324e51bcb1aba8032bfcbb
font_01_sfnt_off000118d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118D5 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 49c2611d62ad80f7ee9220eb5fed010d145b4d070e18a3625f343911d193683c
font_02_sfnt_off000130c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1