Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a5b29cf873ba146…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-16 20:20:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4d05773cd61664f8e25558d8e201d492 SHA-1: e1b71e774f0539d915aa1ba85b874f4eb22687ef SHA-256: 7a5b29cf873ba14682e6c23085f88377950fefd9b9b1bb2437f8e631f1efa58d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of link farms on compromised CMS uploads suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination and leverage trusted-looking infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dafa2f3feb3---bopijagafujerekagaxibu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740a72d0dd0---81168085153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhopalliteraturefestival.com/mpsdp/uploads/files/56496808708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608164e12c8bc---80475483758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfforming.ru/d/files/75405516051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1877painters.com/FCKeditor/file/75973563883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcihk.com/userfiles/14876574367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bab793efb375c968835f676a4b904a1/11258398277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51f3b2105b42633589cb63d514ca7fcd/46798901300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfad91539b72069bf4f489b9c7b88542/47900628345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/likopujulofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cape-electronics.com/media/file/zirul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098e8510c56d---94055683681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sylvianapoles.com/clients/e/e6/e63d90d46a840f0b3195f531cec11f6e/File/48765127464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61265a02b2213dce9d9518059b5a89c1/riponagubax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/xusud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danchrisjewelry.com/userfiles/file/63608203175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibconsulting.it/userfiles/files/52327353541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://promador.pl/userfiles/file/dujorixepuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c02e25d5a9c---lulepabirixusaziguluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faa66f6abf197ca8f7b042e60f79e2d1/62096052568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f45072fa3eca15e8439487be067b8675/teroruvovisaxoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c7996052ba0f5d647978ab62d1f1ee9/wisosor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-edinstvo.ru/userfiles/file/89408323974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d81344ff66---35355944702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=early+morning+breathlessnessPDF 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_off0000fb48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB48 16864 bytes
SHA-256: 6a5b83ee6c3d7f456d74d42062c085c6ffa489e48019c786ae7ddd14fee86737
font_01_sfnt_off000126ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126CE 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 3068b373f740c2533f4e8dd02d36dd505bc10cb44f8360a8308766f5b49d8a21
font_02_sfnt_off00013f83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F83 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1