Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7514e0ce0c6b8127…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 01:02:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f24b40cbb8bad01ab2b619b3ceaa6fb4 SHA-1: f64187ab71e8279fca272d67f60ca3f4df9880d9 SHA-256: 7514e0ce0c6b81270f143362321cb679c0e943865863619a8555c700e211d295
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm suggests an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination or to leverage SEO poisoning for broader reach.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=naac+accreditation+process+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://expertcomptablecourreges.fr/michel_courreges/userfiles/file/sagezerefebarez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abbbcbb861e---relifatoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/zifudepelorotepolobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hhoasis.org/app/webroot/img/fck/file/28387041595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1h9onmumfdjc9f0hi9qdm6nm5/davenotipugowes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c5566ebfa---kadupegid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://treasurehunterdetectors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16152438576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://murtenhof.ch/userfiles/files/witeresovamesaredobisufat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb7772240bb---85847352774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f41d9aca450---42919435760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16209506047817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b68c3ee7f49475c5ef1041c0382417d/veposotigabesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/98577423587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markyatirim.com/resimler/files/5025491946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d488c20a88---valopepawopifetofivomeluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/km7nkmf99o68vi2pir7vhqbdb3/winesowez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sacc-la-chaux-de-fonds.ch/fichiers/file/90832069477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videofilm-tv.ru/content/File/jolutakagizugibanifosef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/8081122152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zafirkort.com/uploads/files/78598723144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izeninfo.net/admin/upload/files/28803676389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5e34a4926466fab7c42fdf70e0e6cd5/67777631723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/031b7d94bcc4e8bf453f8b2d2587bf4b/zavalaxeronijugipedot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prplus4u.com/ckupload/files/bidojazes.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_off0000ba55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA55 15692 bytes
SHA-256: 96d79482aa328b684f2b4c4ac905808f09326829700a327db5b00fd5685b3cb3
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000faca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFACA 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 8c459dbee1560a181d900b3a2b01b2e79fc864b9818afc22379d5bb7da045ebf