Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a5aefc1f5ed01fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-18 12:12:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 73ab094b226e9b4c2f8c1b31a8de39bb SHA-1: 24a44f570c88da0802ab78641545a8e99b77ce48 SHA-256: 7a5aefc1f5ed01fdf98f1dc78b22395f954c419f9c246f9f1ab0c6d1e22fe23b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs suggest a tactic of using compromised legitimate sites to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ae851427427c38da84aa0ec276dc0fe/35427227181.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ekonopuntos.com/campannas/file/xavigukunudezavekuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b11d5642d7---76561571815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e13206a322d8383f759e11414334144/15012348942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhsclassof70.com/clients/d/d1/d13f49183e6b2ef720c1f353b43de0f2/File/sezirewuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dba5a2f7aa---fegike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6p5g67kqg6iurbqonb0athenst/65667047431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607effa45e65d---gikapuwogutebivinalenuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9394a44ca77fb17accee9348a206f2db/putinadazarulaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mirrorlink.com/public/files/files/22436685294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608de9f959b1e---lawukafurotodatogilivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/43548949427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9d22b42331---menepojoxipefose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floraplant.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/xixipatetefokalawil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfh2.com/clients/d/d2/d2a7b52150a7a947468b52e9b7560e3c/File/88794891338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memoservicesrl.it/file/46736606764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flgr.ru/files/files/bexiburajavopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acfbb1d4adb---87464351398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/lugalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/47364989927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609edf540a754---41573459359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/fomupabibeberigis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gmeu4uardsanipv90spuv3tgf4/lumamawixezola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p58rdm27qrj4akclovcvuvaql5/perivixulunavosexuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+out+the+atomic+massPDF 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_off0000f0fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010912.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10912 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 1d06d11d7d13c4acef06e776cbbc0b56fc0a3b0e95a2ae8d16c799ab8e65e3c6
font_02_sfnt_off000121b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B2 17420 bytes
SHA-256: 35e2395b97cd7b62647d1bfac11dedf12ef8682c803f7853e933bbdb55a05694