Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7abe91a00d8046ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 02:10:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: b2ab975e7f821a769b63c79aa3e7cb50 SHA-1: c68cdd26e966b79b7aa8dac29bfc93678042c35e SHA-256: 7abe91a00d8046ca5d561f117e2b9d29da983e9d2f48c6545710459d34534fca
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malware or submitting sensitive information. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and UTM parameters suggests a coordinated effort to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9903

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=idris+of+the+wire PDF link annotation
    • https://bmat.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/wemomomarubetuzuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5d74d30ad---tumagurifilobazozekugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6d0968d1d43ad480286cd0513192131/45257087267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b86a97765---54704689025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamyarsanatco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24932310465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762f6805792---puluzugazixodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c26f23bd77a183c749d3070239b0992/dunipupefojufodaxudamopep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i16oa191elqjmfar62583hjad3/bolobolorolakegem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/zosotoduxuxeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/35793190582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d6099bfc6---wowogugifenusazepurureg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607508e42063f---nigetazodufivut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1utilaje.ro/mm/file/nipalakujodixetibed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghioroiu.ro/sites/default/files/file/xutijuwudevezif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtselect.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10300718081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e779bfaa6---sufunarugatefavegafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilimall.ae/uploads/files/95719219514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f4b8870f653d6b0d0372ff3615373b0/vonato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d632bf79cb73feabe6ef8226092ed54/98525119871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecogestval.com/userfiles/file/ziduxune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087063ea224d---82725765338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5254d4c377811869fb14fe6c9b641b65/60284240686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c805fen2cpumggr1g1djjs4gle/duvaduxibagazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097c535b750d---gimobulubuf.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_off0000df57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f769.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF769 18080 bytes
SHA-256: aedc33e510427f7774d4546021ffa46265d8217257529b8ea5ce615c0574430a
font_02_sfnt_off000125f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125F7 10176 bytes
SHA-256: 2097f5b26bf9e127f3a14cb16d2e26f78b75fb92b76f9f5e141fd85bcc53511c