Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7537915de7f4ec1e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:10:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6dcf1d83eb53f9c9cd387f04ceaed3f1 SHA-1: 0bfa78e23412cafca178b55280e5e3b5fe4b5436 SHA-256: 7537915de7f4ec1e8e2ef1ccf27bcfbe0c0a47b1d35f9a7bb5ed22c0536122e3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. The primary attack pattern involves luring users through these links, likely to a phishing or malware distribution site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e8532d7ba---33751546378.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://faisaltowel.com/survey/userfiles/files/deremigekerusurazipinizej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a5ec4cd22f---didiremorubudaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slbreakingnews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14237172766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxeina.com/userfiles/files/73315638703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c217c546e4e---bamokasegogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonio-pelella.eu/userfiles/files/66318611382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16124effe24798---27398818701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sheilahancock.net/blogfck/file/zisara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/305rkrrb6rqs62o6u2ojfv8tt3/xajibexuzugafawogafito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thucancakoihikari.com/luutru/files/lazipisaradi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrejc.si/files/file/53790710715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b8m1p4in56nkfdq42gdbthtjk/25324903747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmnetwork.net/uploadEditor/files/pelisivisesogonogab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081542a28890---dilimusenanigofet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inphuduong.vn/upload/files/zizikejagib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiuanai.com/userfiles/file/bunepipejawedizadugezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac02f299447---70565707894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fc2aa7bea3---56844612033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c6cvcd9js351ccdipj2ri54jc/56528296749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/kosatuziditovanijom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jocoseatee.com/userfiles/files/16897771831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3127764552---robopegugejoxakubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf87c8122a5---41564021865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=defining+and+non+defining+relative+clauses+exercises+intermediate+pdfPDF 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_off0000da11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA11 17528 bytes
SHA-256: f22131e6c9cf745989f4a04c9afdfd3da5709d3303934f1ad3dc326441e6a7ce
font_01_sfnt_off000107aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107AA 11232 bytes
SHA-256: b1e65f9f8854d74851aa7d9a85483ca9bf48d97deadfa51f4c7092f9e2ee4513
font_02_sfnt_off000121d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1