Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7405aa7bc42e7809…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:08:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9d896c1f043ce51663ba7067b6a468ae SHA-1: 3e6a427162501151e238220d82b0720d28a684e7 SHA-256: 7405aa7bc42e78098b4558a97bf3f77352a01e7193cf17aa45df275db153b16e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=manual+de+instru%C3%A7%C3%B5es+da+impressora+laserjet+m1132+mfp PDF link annotation
    • https://smartech.lv/sites/smartech/uploads/documents/files/jomunuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9df9ff6f328dd1377f6c28344e892e6/tefawasufezodowenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/Upload/files/vetegasipiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.ee/media/contents/file/vakuderozosugexatiban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ta-taiwan.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/vixixapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5i5l5v7kgbsg6sgjijkc34lvjk/xurekojowewowipigew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c068e1bebc---42408302367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/thaeq00rvb1ftsou4k3l81mv04/komutil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotostudiovaccari.it/userfiles/files/59499592382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/83759681088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfd144df840---pigobemilujasivaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhixnktientien.com/Images_upload/files/17109449343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d8dfba74d---vitumovomudojomamolufala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tlis3j6umrvkp4bjm4s62uegpd/15278303224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a903e67d70d---26857866862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldgreiner.de/userfiles/file/namaloso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5807c103cda5d130abd8022ccb6bcf72/bulatipadebojitipasezig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/xixojimivubenejikax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rucodelniza.ru/userfiles/file/jofovorobaluwiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creatinglifeoptions.com/userfiles/files/kekawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatfailogistics.com/fckeditor/files/file/tikanibuwogatozuxojabiduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0mbla04plidc2o0aah8js4jbmv/vamogize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/resivururolesakasitamep.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_off0000e0a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A0 11648 bytes
SHA-256: 6780460513d4af457c6fa5834c4032a9b7cc4ddfdf952c3e438557e6db9658eb
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC13 19840 bytes
SHA-256: 41fc84bb580a8ce22e452af76ebe8dd5464cb4614dc70f3c6a61486714958846
font_02_sfnt_off00012c38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C38 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1