Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7404272773ae007a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:35:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 8c36bd599e24e4d90a35bcf286db5915 SHA-1: 407e46fbfa0ff2b1f835a68784beaa568bfd8024 SHA-256: 7404272773ae007ae208bc72e7cc1cd4e86d1d1176a0eeceb644c6fd75104407
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The file contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised websites, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm characteristics indicate an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, aligning with spearphishing tactics.

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 http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607247745fd8a---kamujesezukivawemife.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/xitukumupadarupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cappellastudio.it/userfiles/files/61815416560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gedaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukrarnakolbaba.eu/obrazky/files/1395436054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161281af2a0056---16826921323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/files/62682174980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jaum6fq36qtu7o37cvps0g883n/58428433558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/km2pjf10j3ptfvpud5kjj9vgav/beguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609477045f2ba---jazetuwanugupuxadex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahhsclassof1980reunion.com/clients/e/eb/eb0bda5e83c72ae03ef0bdd1ae4752ba/File/sulal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c420ee6f8---mufupupekofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vjimm7ojimvm5ckjvulv8unae8/makawuzikizatenineni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khacdautron.com/Images_upload/files/jisawivurojafawimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davaocarrental.com/images/file/gibaresatifudavulovezufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-sportis.com/images/upload/vopipadeneninuxizivifup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goksirkrupskimlyn.pl/img/upload/files/137119372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventechsite.com/files/files/95750136817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhf-china.com/d/files/kijoxeferofasojagoximi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keacg.com/upload/files/28717609014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ros-grad.ru/fck_editor_files/files/28676093010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d103f1a7f0---18842944922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stayinbranson.com/ckfinder/triplebuserfiles/file/kedemobejaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slezanie.eu/userfiles/file/vuviboxovapadigam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4fe95cfddc4a5baeae41018fad3648e/dinare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=fun+trivia+quiz+with+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_off0000c216.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC216 10476 bytes
SHA-256: a55c3426b4c81b1fa1849682a10f46747f0ca1f26d4b31948bc3b0fcc52a9824
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9E1 17820 bytes
SHA-256: 0e6375ab5764aaa75fff0ea2a1a52c9bb37db6801a489e207bfd59403123a4a5
font_02_sfnt_off000107d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1