Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7973b8ab8284a211…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-07-17 20:42:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: eb93e66a50cdca4c6c5453ca4126e722 SHA-1: c38ca58a5b2249d242eeca994b948772c78d1c3d SHA-256: 7973b8ab8284a2113ab39cad056081c2ca6d1d47cf66ad2fd006a5968d8b0153
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external URIs suggest an attempt to exploit user interaction via embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/relowiladinegetojotin.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1cf6d80a190ca2133026740b81b0eb7/pepewibasabuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae54292530---bavovudibevisatun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bd93cde957d57cebc93d1b311b28e70/11929217331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d608e9cb3b08629e376e4cb0ef8ad403/18850115027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bae284589a0---17961893007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnokorea.com/userfiles/file/pivosumikoluwukejuxuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/56915840811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609201a4756c4---16182788581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa769d1c0b457b3655ed7a93e56e5baa/84580231479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a56cb61f284---palexinorafubonexetinuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cacd1f9c4b582dddd238c30a4a8fee6/38415153513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608265145d764---popaxopusalujikonem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/22367563313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa182d87c66aa11a578070471b0449b8/pojojutofovobofiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wickedcheesy.com/images/file/47933859682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a3e733559f---salivizanegolovefevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/kazenasim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j0hthvu6og08ni4d21qlh13vc4/42356160298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutunggiahungoto.com/uploads/files/76271966227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gazelletr.com/userfiles/files/kakazunumiwozogas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e85f01535f---tosaxegetumonixemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=homeostasis+meaning+in+biologyPDF 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_off0000ddb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDB6 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 97ec0f675f0a73efa26838d4f4d781562d9eeb727ff50145699ea26a7c14fa01
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5E5 16028 bytes
SHA-256: dc946c457ca1011c826026defdeb0fd609a1cab6dc387d174d5b614ef694c6af
font_02_sfnt_off00011f1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F1B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1