Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7727443fb966ea00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 01:53:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: db07bd74a215ad0e5a0fa4697cf0a22d SHA-1: 98256d92e2ede4074c47d1402bc527f4a5c7fe09 SHA-256: 7727443fb966ea00c92045a195f94592236a905cbc4b2e2237621d7ddc6dd61a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which are identified as link farms on disposable or potentially compromised hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/10250768435.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bca90149aea60121fe4dfdc277ef944b/39831269504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/86361754527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/17860729368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpdb.org/userfiles/files/51588194973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hnbfitmslk2o7jkc2r81b8ea4v/mezoriwijumej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e13c25fcc---74508680615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/98115500477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tootooair.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210627_304DFD7398DEB93D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webhenevents.com/clients/868374/File/wasipipamebofufinokotus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gastrotest.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58978850278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b7b53b10d---laxagorusewixebupojawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/vivuliwatogeluwodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bachson.net/upload/file/doverikabog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h8pegc58d6bvkuja58rkcir8ao/soxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.gr/uploads/File/50624399649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021062803380939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ds2s31nptfsfqgunubd5siog9b/tanojuvow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yenhuy.vn/upload/files/zaroruvej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093aa1656fa9---27575870625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077667dbc5e2---joravisovudorobixuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48a27c419fab7641072c9c037fefbe04/vajasiwerafosoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac7525e75f582bfe3c888396efd61d62/labobidima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demkapi.com/resimler/files/riduzamevobebisuxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=ringing+in+left+ear+meaning+spiritualityPDF 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_off00010ec8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EC8 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 100f000763fb63fcfb1485c030a37eef291d37276f9ca2640ca1987153ccf873
font_01_sfnt_off000127c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127C8 16744 bytes
SHA-256: acadde87d19ad7dcc214b974a0aa17f67711c86fda0f0eac903f1179f797c596
font_02_sfnt_off00015350.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15350 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1