Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a5ec82eff0cb0e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-20 07:00:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 7efb0371a15a412ca81824f31fbfa8f9 SHA-1: 5bd5e18a68e56ed6c15bcc416a28430deace37eb SHA-256: 7a5ec82eff0cb0e05daab3d65b9152cca24a8e4ebc6c1ce193522824bdafb6ce
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites utilizing the Formcraft plugin for file uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting and the use of UTM parameters suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

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://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095a957296f4---66309618316.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://benjamin1908.com/clients/f/f4/f4560e3fe432b95d15e234f900dec36a/File/88876203542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c0e7d51055---31283127751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosewoodcity.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/97132328148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa2e0e39b62---96824423902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca646131c1d---borub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7d3345d4b---nesesiwofekirefakit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b950a0c59fd---sizeriduwax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/23507761777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castanienfamily.com/clients/74558/File/sifufagejimonoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naucharts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35129392189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakeempat.com/contents//files/90593461241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--pssa17sw71b.tw/upimages/files/35394918371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mishelik.ru/userfiles/file/jabokimoxuxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8162929cf4---tiriza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3d0504d61---gopuboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biondiairsystem.it/userfiles/files/nexabefifilejopoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotaquangninh.org/data/dulieu/files/jinukidoruxugusuweku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40rigm1kmkm1t8chc3crss8q37/kelupulomoxipegoxulemogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3286f679a75a799a9370bc2171ed2a62/subofawaxopemidid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostenpo.jp/userfiles/files/56520058444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608310774ac22---77481630879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca16ed19ee2---legigarenewikep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ba355516e---10834047703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://b-solutions.net/userfiles/file/gilalijetavunetena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=complete+spanish+step+by+step+pdfPDF 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_off0000f300.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF300 17532 bytes
SHA-256: da5c585c080693ee500f794101bf4b2ab945ba7a2993276068d0817e26e78109
font_01_sfnt_off000120dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000138f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138F4 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 28ef82952e487ba0b8e520e7681da517fb4e347c0b2958ce8d1653e16b4fa8e5