Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7440aa83492c0b0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 01:15:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 85fa3357597d5aec0cd36c8d2ae348bf SHA-1: b98240946e19590b3b9140d28387647676b0c785 SHA-256: 7440aa83492c0b0cb50c7f511e9d1ed3098e2f430651d5e84e86579100289a32
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of a download button lure further supports a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160902ef9b6f81---vokijodafupivelesot.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tms-operation.com/upload/files/bopavopode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091adc34f338---buwunasodulub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/lizorugazawutopime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/52612235471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guojingmall.com/userfiles/file///dadiwabexiwep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82f1f791a483a6d528583cf2ec680525/sosovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e44aa5ba9f73bf54a92671d643408418/gijawovaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2557f3cadd337a6d09281e3bc2f4344b/topuwiwareli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f3a6c4bcc9---xepirasojotizij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patp1ryb.ru/media/file/49051310534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0873eac78103c6aece96e9ed2f2c682/kiwaxifelepira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/suroreteseropeloxonelup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d10e815c32---suranudumepudupelodowixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d1bd9c2cc2---60218610662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/lojazubosara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/jeziruzubukipaxutudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160941851d9336---mawidazufewifufakixajak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/zewepunavodemiwuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voxel-avocats.fr/uploads/file/ninopexez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okwmd.com/upload/fckeditor/file/donubeputugokeperazisak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c1290c579---58140499811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab634ef4fe---58949221551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esejsc.com/upload/files/19273250605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=management+of+vasovagal+syncope+in+dental+officePDF 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_off00011bf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BF0 17356 bytes
SHA-256: 539dc3ee9d8f3ba965d7a08afe13b594f67278979934460df2c5c327c4a631bd
font_01_sfnt_off000148f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148F4 11036 bytes
SHA-256: e66fb86c5744b7985c61c653b5d490ee65f25dcb23cfd8db916f37dabe78114a
font_02_sfnt_off0001627c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1627C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1