Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7895498cdae71340…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-07-15 19:31:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0fb425c181a5b01927d81ef40aa64063 SHA-1: 93ec1ece5e47ba20e204c080fa08a1149fc698b9 SHA-256: 7895498cdae713405e8992e38f94524659291f5c24fc603a46c7411d9276c335
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple domains, some of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF structure suggest it is designed to facilitate phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tce+in+groundwater
    • http://pomocnaukowa.net/Upload/file/tanuzamabo.pdf
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609405bb00179---95068423999.pdf
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/81121420641.pdf
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3qqfm752d232j09b2oln0vd4bc/3314104929.pdf
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/3946466839.pdf
    • https://cmflower-kkc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24794839133.pdf
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c533ddba5b8---49290137234.pdf
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607950de13a88---66813054766.pdf
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/267523fb8c660fe175deee00326ba7ba/35238111688.pdf
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/jopageligozipe.pdf
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcc6f487640b421a9e037324c02f89ce/kiwejafoxiw.pdf
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f6c63767d1---kawekovolali.pdf
    • http://panda-es.tokyo/yamituki-n/uploads/files/dutebelurosawap.pdf
    • https://astek-telem.fr/userfiles/file/daxulesim.pdf
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/410c6e8cea7371b4673f91313e26abc9/17338345407.pdf
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3d7ec37115---nufosaravubavagizugulewub.pdf
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a71f8b2bee3d65d076860e2229962c41/41830206892.pdf
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/jidotuzat.pdf
    • http://lacyfamilyunity.com/clients/2/20/203fd950dafdada58ea32e7b96f0d147/File/56605782803.pdf
    • http://cloverdiamond.com/file/rojunibabatofaruvawesuzos.pdf
    • http://dailymaydemtien.com/userfiles/files/16677365552.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_off0000fd36.bin
e158331e358044ddb1054114bf2f23a911a5d5009a73776624c2dbdc7ada7b01
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD36 17060 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012a02.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A02 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014219.bin
6ace8aff461aac114cda617d2d78626b99c07356c80c30acc1bee4fa0162214e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14219 10480 bytes