Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7989c15bfe5af93c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-02 05:06:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 3c93ae184a1bc0210a6309d2bbf284af SHA-1: 5be31c6defcd61a5f5a721088f9fc70d208b8d5b SHA-256: 7989c15bfe5af93c7479438bc54fee3088c0f469b8e53d0791da2ef335616627
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scenario.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://michelbarbot.com/upload/files/90940997966.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2qhimclh0mui54s0rivic9q0er/pulapaxunusawopexup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afad9d011ad---16047226446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgcaregiver.org/contents/files/37483537696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vytvarnyobchod.cz/UserFiles/File/13005762612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fbf70297f8---xujudatav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8bbcad3720---tuxudumorisori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b2645f425---20808468520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://japan-railpass.info/images/blog//file/45587555370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/vivorudizime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumtrade.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49027042705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mls.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35de7195f5553dd3a871ff1d45b40fbc/lazorekokuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5680c88d5---wumixipisaxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eaebb7daf8e768a3e54709fa9de3f61/rogifubutaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leganordavigliana.it/uploads/file/xovoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/temoziruwolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulmenu.com/uploads/files/83758327642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5e43a9fb4e---96397718074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160817386ac748---gixivovusiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5t5mqmjg4n56bfcn0hs8rls0el/42470840964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teknis.it/userfiles/files/lipugiparo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coxfamilyreunions.com/clients/5/56/566bc9ad745482f371977770c3e6b383/File/sogas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51dbe3c680cd326401cb002ac696d55e/motovibuxuzijurinereza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/norosopadogaxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae046a3790dbb58797efbe8d9a943602/tuzevutokorovamifolig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd54397b87c---25996091469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=nda+2019+question+paper+with+solution+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000effd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFFD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001080f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1080F 17236 bytes
SHA-256: 999801214634fec25a235d28ce2e3d7c1063e790c6573aaca3f53d03aa4434b2
font_02_sfnt_off00013557.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13557 11364 bytes
SHA-256: f686e66bb0a7e04a19f1ceecfac97416280fad6963ce96b4960b6f8ee0b9a003