Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7082a919ecdc2b42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-07-03 00:46:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 91b55f9b61beed517f11f8849da5132f SHA-1: f8774561430e7df400df42e6d76aa2596db0f571 SHA-256: 7082a919ecdc2b42cb3d8d98f954b24a6569f98da225b1d4f0612268316120f4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised websites hosting other PDF files. These linked PDFs are likely designed to lure users into downloading further malicious content or engaging in phishing activities. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links and disposable hosting indicates a deliberate effort to obscure the true origin and purpose of the malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+add+a+caption+to+an+image+in+google+docs PDF link annotation
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609abfbaab312---zajelevipexugoriguwikiseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yoron.net/up/files/waguxokigepenivejopamadir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160828cc4b294e---dumulujani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okulsanmalatya.com/imgup/file/48764153407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9tpidn480jj4f29o8v74l46m94/46035616287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamtimeshare.com/userfiles/file/12515204988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c7860eae5---pasuviloselepol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9130d312c---jobebefawase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvuketoansg.com/luutru/files/wetalafezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d74fc774a9a15d818ac1d271c52df257/gekiremuvozifulanugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826fcb26fac---72319070154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eingangrad.ch/userfiles/files/pujekoxelowukej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/kenebasutizowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0998a00991a4efce1d85efcafef68c3e/14141538291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d094f88d54---leguvikiwurobari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/gemimaxelezujusilovuxopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd7aef71a86---wivuxexefum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609262cce5361---19019732641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d55a493dfe254a0fdde34b0d1b0d7c7b/subozikiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785632652a5---tebufesinovoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2jqk98d4rtoka9nqt416clln67/lagetufisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moristas.com/userfiles/files/tupovalenipibanegejutuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da148d9df3---14610277662.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ecc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECC1 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 2f85d90a5824c8034ee626fc3ab2286c50c2a3b8ab5c1c5b6060e1e19c0f1d8f
font_01_sfnt_off0001058a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1058A 16692 bytes
SHA-256: 03bd14e420255d6b25c83b43183495606a5041edf3b93e680e03c1d1cd1e4f64
font_02_sfnt_off000130ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1