Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 797583cfee720ca2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

156.4 KB Created: 2021-07-01 14:30:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 292e64034b1992c3971d9dbb46e79852 SHA-1: 75e55045c0862485d4509420f04fdfc2ce2bdace SHA-256: 797583cfee720ca2946178c96c2d10d34b6de6cede18a972d45c17981f3d7153
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are sufficient to infer a malicious link-farming attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9838

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://emmaushuis.org/pages/vopivutiruj.pdf
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a321b6f86f---limopikavosimaponud.pdf
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5fdfd11168---26854625996.pdf
    • http://teaandtiara.ca/clients/c/cf/cffd5a667a547ddf6f7ed7e454f715b7/File/tutagitekatizufu.pdf
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8e9fb446039f4fe9161d6a915e7c371/zilimamifiv.pdf
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/60851251562.pdf
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9dc1124102---14646201153.pdf
    • https://www.m2asolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a265bfee28968001d429ad213d4d3f7/beredobutilen.pdf
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19364178fae6d765cdde266ab57795be/gejoxanuzixutexuletixar.pdf
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8f67af8c1---dumov.pdf
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210701174718.pdf
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160748050868c7---95674942566.pdf
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/537b8e23f127e16127a932bcd49f0b92/webaruvefapabizenofuvubor.pdf
    • http://heninrealty.com/userfiles/files/najujatovaluxeg.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b575b0a876---86677493982.pdf
    • http://ji-tien.com/userfiles/file/15076540187.pdf
    • http://sy-smile.com/upload/files/kazepapaj.pdf
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/46510242503.pdf
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/zukafisegazoz.pdf
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b802a69025d---59832114647.pdf
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/zunerupawimilozususuza.pdf
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gaxajegasuximokidogipefid.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+denotes+in+english
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001dd0e.bin
7f7fd933bf509572091a4f1e11a92fc3d2db4b58221221c8bec82d09457b0d24
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DD0E 10524 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001f4bb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F4BB 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00020ccc.bin
458fd5205e92a716797fcdb65c2bae78a63634f94c10db0aced27faacfe32446
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20CCC 16692 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0002248c.bin
287b0f497a4a303c6328b43bb5cca02c820b47fb9a3719bf2acd0825ea6ceca2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2248C 25692 bytes