Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ae9702a3c9b9808…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 18:53:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3ff77a0a18dc1634b770e6d9843ea282 SHA-1: de320b65edf27a547ba545d2c5f683ceb2347d3d SHA-256: 7ae9702a3c9b980855600195864836eca0a09a24c7611726436f841d953a02cf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest it is designed to exploit users through deceptive links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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://esipro.fr/userfiles/file/70159747809.pdf
    • http://didula.com/img/file/75876993233.pdf
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8780821f6adc7cbcb8573c991694b076/31249126496.pdf
    • http://lateonsettay-sachs.org/userfiles/file/tobavebawekakowo.pdf
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a93092b27d3d6e09a4f4e50d68ae0579/86139747983.pdf
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608097962c3a4---fopit.pdf
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/553a907cf462c2ffe168aaf2fb8e6805/18861290777.pdf
    • https://charqueadaboavista.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c0b1bad4599b3e7705c8ca5335be922/20265838563.pdf
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qkqmo7b1586ghk4rshda3a07o5/17200036862.pdf
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82d4c46314ca345e0bc6e985fa773cb5/rigidowedogutere.pdf
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/togufenugaler.pdf
    • https://usssecuritate.ro/userfiles/file/jitusabi.pdf
    • http://shahnawazonline.com/uploads/files/kaxamufidozomuj.pdf
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ade5604a2b3180f58d1639db5b55089/8863748687.pdf
    • https://honda-otolongan.com/upload/files/46867190465.pdf
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10e686bd19a194c88d87480006798463/50475011037.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a40c2968da---wewigodo.pdf
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/778539220c899ddebc5baab5d8101010/mejowipiduviwolofebab.pdf
    • http://yourhealthyanswer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pelixuluguxabufifudidugep.pdf
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c5ea4e122---63041653715.pdf
    • http://gd-weimi.com/upfolder/e/files/20210529170905.pdf
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vusexanop.pdf
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3e4b529ace---59469232107.pdf
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607043e326381---26607666851.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=cpr+strategy+for+intraday
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off00014356.bin
24638c5e6aea683f5ffa69aa89350befbeaab89eeec2defec6888182bc8e55aa
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x14356 18228 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off0000fce4.bin
15bc8df934f9b746a9e1c435d9037b96961be346808874aaef211f3bbf71d3dc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCE4 17484 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012a93.bin
dbfa674bd21f51ac1ad132772acdf13894386c34a963ceca05fded5bcc93b772
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A93 10772 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00015fe7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15FE7 16792 bytes