Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7800a4c2adcb8661…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 21:20:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 51ebd36a4541dd39519613ecc940360b SHA-1: 20c31891f2d66dc490ecdc05bb5764c0888d88a7 SHA-256: 7800a4c2adcb8661b1f63a267e711d28921a09ca566b3edc57c842549d0a3992
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports the conclusion that this document's primary purpose is to host links to external, potentially malicious, sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/681fe85dfcb5e4f32df38ba7680944f4/tanulisibedugekiwar.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d4ffbdcb86---wavogimoxejate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f8bd6a57bb---53387285422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmsz.com/upfolder/e/files/20210815050626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syteq-pro.com/userfiles/file/11137755848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/penavinotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://latexindia.com/userfiles/file/13270789225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupopiscis.com/upload/files/20285296209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb77b0358fe---15803202202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptekainternetowa.net/_mdm_apteki/file/tabivuxexogarezasurul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://everestart.com/images/stories/file/93424573356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.fr/file/badeterujutivomeren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8911b72d321c57b8c2e90b450dbc518/886493964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/boxidasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rioairporttransfer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sefapisetefofutegifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/30493335534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160feeb2140ab6---kejilavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5db9667d65adaa573b694195875455a/90509927369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b4a2f33d9---37259575220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyotiacademicpress.org/uploads/file/wopuzujuluwofodemonadone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7dfb6da8f5---fewabeguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/23385293396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ee3b6bbfaffc7f7cfb418227c1134e3/xakusizuzikafizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://commonwealthsportsawards.com/userfiles/file/50606806039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=secret+doctrine+helena+blavatsky+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_off000127b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127B8 11204 bytes
SHA-256: b1aac05887deb833fe7db6d3076298c40c0e53ee89ee042f23b440c6c7b9f40d
font_01_sfnt_off000141a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141A5 18968 bytes
SHA-256: 29b0b849f4a69e3b730682a0dd25a73738e889f494c73877afed24b9eeb8cb6d
font_02_sfnt_off00017348.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17348 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1