Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a7054213ce92696…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 20:26:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 3eb4c16377c73fb976866a6138a828a3 SHA-1: fc689510685d05455b886e7d48a3889b444547f7 SHA-256: 7a7054213ce9269667fe802275eecbe60282c87d0635a77ab3cc2734fafd172f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, designed to trick users into downloading further malware. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a pattern of distributing malicious files via link farms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://aimic.com/userfiles/file/3918486187.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shipagents.nl/uploadfiles/file/menudoxeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzweien.com/d/files/zawofuvidifuriwesirazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40fdf10b139fda6ca8cca12d54e99cce/rimugoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd86090c2d52ac9e9f6e084fbd90c579/kerol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/829b760e4ef7b4bf9f05654309ad5047/72799001846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/321370396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlspublishing.in/data/eimages/file/latopunimilalebubiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d7550e2532e0242f0509b835e4f454f/57492530974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fd2d6641676cc094e77c24070674247/64805099007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cevhertemizlik.com/userfiles/files/5942458194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608139366fbf3---74928223075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03lk8rcjokgc1um2b7aifs4pt4/52151140176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledesmasportsmedicinesavannahcentury.com/clients/4/44/449a5b3489ef279447e90cf6cdd72f1c/File/kaguzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8a26670dbbc320e3e4e3943be97882d/84776802789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/iwaxirajinudeliwebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismoilnoceto.com/userfiles/files/demufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123b2f017067---74748127654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learn-atdi.com/uploads/files/verupuribekipavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799628f0a0c---78039468452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb4bb5a579---30418664456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dnmpaint.com/sdcc/images/file/76760935943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da4a3ba8da6fbd63c36525299d0160f9/kumuxifaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/zozonivararugusataxapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=organophosphate+poisoning+management+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_off0000cb5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB5C 10924 bytes
SHA-256: cf5af818dba2b709f9471034c9b18bff358dcdcb8aa231e77f444733b770ed71
font_01_sfnt_off0000e44c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE44C 17176 bytes
SHA-256: 1fceeb0a7860b354a1cfa322593e72320993c297bdf53ec741e11950abab5b58
font_02_sfnt_off0001108b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1108B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1