Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7324de93eb9d1f3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-19 00:50:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8cdc792e8376ea82bff96286bac0e7fe SHA-1: 85f124a93d6209baf0966122e7797071addc3708 SHA-256: 7324de93eb9d1f3f53434752a1e7c4d524516a616f4b8db6572de0ebc4559c59
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host PDF files. These PDFs likely serve as lures for phishing or to download further malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest an attempt to trick users into downloading and opening malicious documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l931e2ppqk9e274aio3qbhtfak/piweporiwoburidi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bosingels.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/belebixaditixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deccanquest.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/ronusezawawuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/gigukiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd5a6921e3---34588652512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shreyaghoshal.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/40773107803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eeb6b42fc6---bibepiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608112b6b7e67---10999304885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/jogalowiniwulako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptairsupply.com/userfiles/file/tajadizojikuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5746f0c7e7---20807569210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be7c4708bd---zamatuxemetomafakipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wskinbody.com/data/boardData/files/fakosarisibuwevimexumib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/of55qmji5b6b6thso92pghk7d2/selusid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64etj25mrocq0a9hq07osdr8vc/lexizebexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7704c9c26d249d17d14bc55b3f45f7d5/famazov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/443f87af6b164a709e58b4cf62f84497/47490151731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a900ccb89---73953129844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c7a2ed71b---moxisawunuzopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6baf2cdcf7---47642973682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c5327e46e---sosidumitaziguzinupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loaamtran.vn/files/usersfiles/files/42593655736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pi-consulting.ch/download/sudazadidepadigomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbcce2ebb59.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=environmental+science+chapter+9+review+answersPDF 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_off0000eee3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEE3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106FA 10940 bytes
SHA-256: eb339f44beb0de13e5b732a86efb8905b0a69efda20f55ca90a4c7ceef1a5f44
font_02_sfnt_off0001203b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1203B 16236 bytes
SHA-256: c0800a81e60b1fbb07d88f522cc8efd258e2c1628be97bc00d20286a56ccaa13