Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7387ae9c64cd5d47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-07-03 22:14:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9d44d888188a58dd4e7020df367549b5 SHA-1: 95cadd20dc0ba6fed472fe54b583324feacf501e SHA-256: 7387ae9c64cd5d4759fd913f957026ed0013f33c41d1c131c0a06f3e0b5913f2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or downloads. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a likely spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e52c03f1b53ffb19e4b84c47fb28da09/40432973729.pdf
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cb3398b74249530c9239977dee51ba5/73495685625.pdf
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60d6bd4343ccf99ce1d6217445711db1/ponomujolexam.pdf
    • http://lhsclassof77.com/clients/34792/File/85614156748.pdf
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96628cdd85fa417a1bd7123eff9af662/nigukerojelusa.pdf
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ud52j2ms3huegqsi57ngl6vvqf/funigajasumewigapem.pdf
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3069c3a2b76f507988d27def3dfddacb/95803290681.pdf
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607835dd784c5---71891978370.pdf
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/file/6924281707.pdf
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608043e2a806b---poxapuduxugezawasek.pdf
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c274792eca1---58257777511.pdf
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f07260bb56e968249ae5749d09edcad6/berofelo.pdf
    • http://ahdjcm.com/upload/files/75266229476.pdf
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2af0857a2---wupewobereregexi.pdf
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092dc4fcfeff---vuruvulatobuzeriki.pdf
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ulco7ftbrhsk81u5er3scvjve0/72462776564.pdf
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kba9jljalqqnivfr70h68kuiq1/vosigasi.pdf
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820732d9c11---78509212804.pdf
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28f1ff0891---donotumik.pdf
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097086c73e99---87128577995.pdf
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/5598351946.pdf
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711ec266e60---kajutijexopotasi.pdf
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db4c9e40303---nuriwur.pdf
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e7384add0ed716baff417e24892b0bc/15659766801.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+solid+state+physics+by+charles+kittel+pdf
    • 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_off0000c0ab.bin
8f8a32760ac87916d281256abbbd06414cd1a82036e6e845831f631ebb04921e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0AB 11112 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000da4f.bin
1cb0f1fa80640cad3a61a0536c569fb95c7836154216c67a01dc175c12f08879
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA4F 17736 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010922.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10922 16792 bytes