Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7137d93371cfacea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-08-15 05:08:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 7d078e44ff4308fdb6df610007f54576 SHA-1: b2cab08dc7543bcaeb567c583ea576984bbbd9c4 SHA-256: 7137d93371cfacea876d7b962e01d040b47686b4a853019c3c7a0263dd3a51eb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure itself is designed to lure users to external, potentially compromised, sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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 http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d98a2bcdb9c---dupux.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c899d8f375f---7845137332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mfv1m2f950h84pn02ihh90rfb5/2582117056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interstroy96.ru/uploads/files/78770613243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab97e2c08e2---736109515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5961acd59a---bekizediru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c91f323da11---24418487292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096e01ad87ca---vodumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e217f3615dc4cc4d31a30e7a7bd023b/86742600111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fcc5f445316---76521346028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkiwicafe.com/uploads/files/teliwujumivuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herfon-machinery.com/images/ckfinder/files/20210701203203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/981251661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastersequipments.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8150725308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uvj9mbu4qur1r78qfeegntjfjv/67864678093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/zivefejigegabej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evola.it/userfiles/files/38161109563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarylaspalmas.orgdocumentos/file/dagogexasepijixegiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ituor.ir/basefile/chartermeinfo/files/14905832696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f609721e6d---47669975657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posekatzahradu.cz/files/file/fopedewivavonaxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e1b0f1c3f570c2b7884e0c36a1e3ffa/gagavogudurunomologit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021062623173973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/49337155772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+importance+of+ethics+in+communication+and+academic+writingPDF 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_off0000dc3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC3E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f450.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF450 15448 bytes
SHA-256: a5ab372368b7ddfd9ae165f4275accc7db8ff68f8627644f5c7c4e6eb1d0fb50
font_02_sfnt_off00011b84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B84 11200 bytes
SHA-256: f6631965818b4ffc3e6740ededbcc2f078ef6dcb28949a0448973716c75aa006