Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75ae7bfeab5a1849…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-07-02 11:29:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: b5d70765e956274d86708331d5f5b32e SHA-1: b33dd170a92a54bcc7973313b817c04e7c3d600e SHA-256: 75ae7bfeab5a18496066eff03dada774f31c1d5f2dc4ae77d15a869307f06703
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. The document functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, likely serving as a distribution point for further malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings suggest it is designed to lure users to these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba91d282fb6---10822006020.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tuhocxuatnhapkhau.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/guwinunotefetebolib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chargers68-50th.com/clients/3/3d/3dd154274af4887fbe356f6dcfc18689/File/99320915941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b86c72e17de---90587707624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0f1509391---lomenetanomofuput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb5c1c9f60---21947297088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68b9af56839e73521d7828fe06fc8558/29089727813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a025c5330---mijakudopibedaruwuzibewib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a843d94e8c6---puxuzimibetew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagumul.com/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210515181250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077083dc8c08---53278381464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-v-v.dk/userfiles/file/41907790783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/nenurilos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fzclicks.com/demo/files/editor/file/werabonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4d4dc5c6e---mesil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d76cda16efbe04eaf7acb9595ce0d3c3/84031768164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://score1forspencer.com/clients/4/45/4587145e2679cb7673d0e21b436e5c25/File/xamonumapojenadakoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05a58a85ec0dfa385531c5e5578f68a1/rofibasipalipavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944b2fe2405---jegipipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/seforowatimatodowisadage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mmv2udc7vu2phpj8l89vuqkaom/1717228230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/28146895468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a63dc03594c---nurogizopozemokutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/moxoxalolarujuxotedatufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belloverde.net/emailer/file/63578651862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/jujinijawixinenutuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=blues+deluxe+reissue+manualPDF 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_off0000f63e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF63E 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 0da08fc066ff6357516f1c3a23963f36e9db7c6eadfdf915ae9354733c83b161
font_01_sfnt_off00010de5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DE5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125F7 18432 bytes
SHA-256: d12ef900c1d1d3ba621c15936f819e1907743da12cd5430a381709d6cd460d91