Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ac2db39e2888a27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:01:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 175dd5ec86d0446574cf3e31faa4bc60 SHA-1: b8a6c28b0e666f862b4c4853b587bb9873281eee SHA-256: 7ac2db39e2888a275f794851f58e5f952518b993bbacb3187bf250635f8952a2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate attempt to create a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://maxidmum.com/images/upload/fck/file/88108853735.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://enjoybowlramenandpoke.com/uploads/files/purunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucpb.net/userfiles/file/95030625682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogologistics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wetadumidutiwewidazakubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adci.vn/data/upload/file/gobuligonof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/53481166738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/94686090543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4bcda642b4---dotatewonipebanozodubok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d433dde78a---dukenedugan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pollackmihalyiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zawivotoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asthasupermarket.com/userfiles/file/vinabilonuxemaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fe8343888e---91397455816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608166e1ba5be---99284616321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb91d904615---84235486313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhodnoceni-penez.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/xorikelogesuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42vdcmfqd18c9q32b3ddaut1ap/gonemokuloge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a37196106f---powowadew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terhautz.com/upload_files/files/joxemimanolibelogemafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7553bb53c3---62483839221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924298ddd08---93466716641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe3233ca0a---86156279088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a6acab610---26544493526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/nepazebukatujexomudoxixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2760f04ea0---bokubojegokexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c72c90da16f9c01dfc34e94852227d7a/pepuxafusefokumideturivav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=osint+intelligence+manualPDF 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_off0000f529.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF529 10480 bytes
SHA-256: c5bd592a79d19d08e6f6a3dcf648ca0f4b5e5557685c1c069d2acb9f4cc29cf4
font_01_sfnt_off00010d06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D06 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012518.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12518 19712 bytes
SHA-256: 906ad3d36a0861b45cd426be64034fe1fe9f7cca6bd6d2f3aaa37f9f197b2507