Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7696ee78ac09c112…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-07-17 08:24:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 15f77763fccf2d6140d077cba0c0334c SHA-1: 3382ac31f424ce5f73bba24c36d1d8863d5cbc24 SHA-256: 7696ee78ac09c1126edf0afb5e9d31d4b9cac93ab8cfa5a46c93df525f58df0d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters in some URLs further support the phishing or malware distribution lure.

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 https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e560d9df2a9a7b7dee5acf8a5a6a331f/zuxiperifepulozo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d801fcabe22cf88cbd4ac85debeb72c8/8552506624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be7507ec720---dababizugefaribodoxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kripasec.com/userfiles/file/78006458400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chhsclassof64.com/clients/b/b2/b21d6454c74b38f294a67049e63db9d7/File/34056748991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dovolena-jiznicechy.cz/uploads/tonatejeropepibusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a297b64203---poridegikexadodakaxugoluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e04d5d17530---tewepinigeniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/bewejul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44e0fa7bf5de59f1c9dcfa8621576c4c/refiwirikapod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71p5v9p7cfibn70lb8udor8f9d/dekaxozilodozisagalidepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608316c884651---riwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abff07e15b6---27208720177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0884ff4954710eb8238862bde853c0c/26841604539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf8052707d6b9c694fd78c0285ae92c9/xadetudepapovozib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saptpadi.com/files/file/43580297210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606facc827c3d---92234114748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/67628971032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc0d6bd530---87941072254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmnet.cz/ckfiles/files/files/95440675766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tc9e2i8h7r9rj74c4jit70g2r1/55518559211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salinahighschool1968.com/clients/3/33/33fcb9b832a528c934b1ac42c6b88a99/File/xipegulejewomow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce37b90ccb1---3359009626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/2506710300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szsahsh.com/uploads/files/692922488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ringid.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zadasavipijazubefuwiwusij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+add+two+photos+in+one+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_off00010285.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10285 17260 bytes
SHA-256: ba2f8625ea852826d842d72469a13f57755576f39eabb90ecc7fe72103456cae
font_01_sfnt_off00012f76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F76 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001478d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1478D 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 46ac4effcb73464692a4c6c7bc3d4fb70e189abca78bff6143afd64051785f3b