Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7544281ca581b66f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 00:49:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6dac8ef883719859602c0b8e86db920f SHA-1: 9cfafe236a19b7791eb2cec9889a515ce1bbb759 SHA-256: 7544281ca581b66fb531e230072b841bb8a977b2bf0b028a0a881608eac10ee0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous other PDF documents hosted on various websites, many of which appear to be compromised. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The structure suggests an attempt to lure users into downloading malicious content by disguising it as legitimate documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://hciclerp.com/asset/uploads/files/99657437649.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee045376d45---19503052037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/pufodeduvufudobawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/17801478601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mbtgom0a1sd36v0nbe0jgleh5f/rijejem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-sincere.com/upfiles/editor/files/12166318797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citra.cl/userfiles/file/tivesowojuxinijipanawal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fvhs1970.com/clients/876770/File/wewurofunonaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1efe0e5a7b7769553f3a8374168ecae7/81414355761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2b-intelligence.it/uploads/file/ramonidefemevapasosurimot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jlijsc32v55k7o0q0gqc2dbapa/werubifowekumozebujuzojib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newcastlehigh1967-50threunion.com/clients/43248/File/fefogula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b6341e482---torikaregobofak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e79878c521b---23374706212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098f7c45ab37---vimozix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/worunavorazavoxajizonajal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//24340169377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/luzolevidiveduzevovipujuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090cd6ed305d---45375418276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nordicaluminium.ru/userfiles/file/64567378078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hitourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210820_1A41B696496B3765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tehla.eu/userfiles/file/40066169593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanphongphamhienluong.com/upload/files/34909143409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=can+a+person+get+shingles+more+than+oncePDF 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_off0000f075.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF075 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001088c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1088C 10852 bytes
SHA-256: a095688b382457f9c43070b82b6367663f7829097b3ac0fba39bae5f25969c9e
font_02_sfnt_off0001216c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1216C 17416 bytes
SHA-256: 9ef4a96376ef5a9844899de8e231704341ad7c1c64f644e72cefe4332b62c785