Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 754a7bf6c6ec4535…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-08-12 18:02:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: e9adf6b068c749491d6c1810ac0b11b6 SHA-1: a3d6fa675e467a5a999a2d840ea07e2caf4faff1 SHA-256: 754a7bf6c6ec4535295ec793535fb10fda62a97909d3c227ab409b4265a291e8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of numerous links to potentially compromised upload directories suggests an attempt to distribute malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072efeb72f57---22834428471.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://renovfab-menuiserie.com/userfiles/file/buligakivusevorexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dcfa34fb1e---zesadepaxedumirelewagivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8782795c052be30707723f89d9315bf/lofelizuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bluewhaleline.com/image/upload/File/mukapafusejiwilivutuzoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/jubatugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/22413246299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d39971d9d---zejosizewelukuwezaxatan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c44b6a75506---11317382227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikanderajam.com/Robinson/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dugenusomit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.lu/upload/badufuzag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrajacreation.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/52993817572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ekoforte.com/upload/file/vovajedowawenudos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25949990779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b16ee5acfda---vowiwakevigowosuvux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusen-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/24493204552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adirondackseafood.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54564663877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210526/file/16220410805612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d2fd14059---gipuromawerifoxaxuxevof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608010961e269---96958000559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriggio.it/userfiles/files/dilam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanruouvang.net/images/uploaded/file/jamofolafulogemafefez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blnk.eu/userfiles/files/23091777415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+ink+on+canon+pixma+ts3122PDF 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_off0000e804.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE804 17440 bytes
SHA-256: 53fa793dd65373cb224a8ce366074d6d90f03868f523e6c83a661f5f3c5521cb
font_01_sfnt_off00011554.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11554 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D6B 11288 bytes
SHA-256: 76b3497a6c36ab2a1e742d02267a980e537bd7752d86d11471750261a4fb1478