Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a407917039446d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:54:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 23ae49719ddfdc2b440e8e8670f6b538 SHA-1: ad48975badcae56636569e89b838241610d0826f SHA-256: 7a407917039446d7b24ab5710494f3e7d11df40657d573d1dbc9142ee6e72795
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for link farms, further supporting malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external links and the ML classifier's high confidence score point towards a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=accion+politica+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/td011a3miigbrrtvid3c2a4pa4/66902022497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n52ropi5qtudle2hup3v9ct0nk/67903932831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae78502917b---nubufanomosew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safeabortionnepal.com/userfiles/file/46476308695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118999924227---rewozokukewoximanonaviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--vb0b83rba554gca.kr/page_data/file/20210731022720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biondiairsystem.it/userfiles/files/98492577201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stigstudiotecnico.it/userfiles/files/koguxuxepigapuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qq73a628peb1srqrhh43rhjonu/84413950627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h0rmeko0iqirn1eah8tof5ie8g/17285748177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/42877992134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithattamphuong.com/upload/files/leroxoxipofuwubika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf589eb8e56---bazipozuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130f68b432e5---vipupigina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/biwoxawoxororowamigesajel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d263f2eeecd---99908656679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/56190383788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0b99a6919ef1692adfe69be2bb3dd58/rugedufidarowoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e27dd2d077c9547e3f41467df999f4b7/dafobedodewawegudogomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0ff8a9c25---58247489835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5142147989---vavowidimapuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdfb59f1497---6968806640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e92a435851---fupozakujenilavonogepebet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutunggiahungoto.com/uploads/files/fotije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/787d46387fd1908c9fce6eda4dfe2768/detepukenusidumegiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e45c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE45C 18540 bytes
SHA-256: 0f5eb8bc69677811560b2ca4098f07ce0a1002001ad0c16ebf1b7277581c20a2
font_01_sfnt_off000114d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012cec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CEC 10192 bytes
SHA-256: b0ffaf747a75501f860a52f55e38bd85da9616b0180341df181ce20e77b3dc50