Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7816249513753ddf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-06-27 16:02:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 62f5505164f703f4819f7da816182230 SHA-1: 6cde3a281fcb8613fca67626017e8be093f412b0 SHA-256: 7816249513753ddf420409579d48f692e51f09e171c4494811952de740265c54
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content or phish for information. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further supports this, indicating a tactic to leverage search engine optimization for malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convert+microsoft+publisher+files+to+pdf
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78a4mmvum1vuf7gd1v1kk9cd10/tejukonoko.pdf
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b04ac48ea532eef997d6ab4f619c97b9/93928003711.pdf
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qttidsdes6iri6lkul3livtll6/97634441616.pdf
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9f4024a498810a54e8bcbdc8f7f0cbc/14953029757.pdf
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/tilevebovex.pdf
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb1b39736761a5140f9ef2a468d3b10d/zamibazakajefipa.pdf
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608064bad18cd---33210194219.pdf
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075dc3da2e69---83918004780.pdf
    • https://arnetbilgisayar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/75952790869.pdf
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g4m2sqhbvmhb1qrp9jnv724mj7/19392445564.pdf
    • https://fairtradeportal.pl/userfiles/file/64413815405.pdf
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5dd819e1bb---bawakujewez.pdf
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/9150838010.pdf
    • http://geometramaurotozzi.it/userfiles/files/fobivupusibejesetikawobon.pdf
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bfa3f1751ee2ccdc8fc2459a8fab988/betag.pdf
    • http://cmtsport.com/pliki/ginexexod.pdf
    • https://cmoretv.com/userfiles/46640023723.pdf
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b629222c010---betanaviporojajadiduk.pdf
    • http://studiomuraca.eu/userfiles/files/vupunufegozinane.pdf
    • http://businesslegalgroup.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/28165597126.pdf
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/kikotibox.pdf
    • https://cape-electronics.com/media/file/89713426329.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c1ab.bin
75283e6197a8954ee22aaa27b6469440994fbe0cec7bbeee5573eee6eb20b814
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1AB 16220 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb54.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB54 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001036b.bin
fb7c7b38a32a6b05a4ee7c938a58b8635f2318c55e7ad52c8469b6e6f00d1529
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1036B 11060 bytes