Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b0568eb95ab4849…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-16 07:58:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: bf1b212ad9dbf7424b2414d1ed65373f SHA-1: b7941dd95647d78b9861e54b7c16f49e16a69cd0 SHA-256: 7b0568eb95ab4849520bd3ae56dff1ed5c6c974dc91d7e1f40a60af12e6d4347
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure as a link farm on potentially compromised hosting is a common tactic for evading direct detection and distributing malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+calories+does+a+cutie+have PDF link annotation
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096fa9895f55---73751640171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://execdentalclinic.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sotowiromaxumol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismoilnoceto.com/userfiles/files/27547412259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiuanai.com/userfiles/file/mubazasodonixademikux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boekenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/15132564238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fac33b079---lanozalurut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroroma-bg.org/files/file/72795137781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonestudio.pl/files/upload/file/55194920615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c006b40c38a---34703386406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edb9f7e03903e5fb424d67304e74343f/tefukufijosos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bruisedreedfoundation.org/clients/4/4d/4d9d7eec3bf3a09fa0457ace138f6a4e/File/dokajasutavowowelaneje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acbd1a9df30e8747972c7ee6157bae5e/wibefixezosuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/58564600722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7991e91fd1f551eefac5fe31d04d27e1/64026058100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e7e399938---xukanix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949f67bf4fd---rudapef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9b35921dd0aae3319d0887764904efb/10440608378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kontiko.com/ktkweb3/images/upload/files/17805897484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb39563bc8---69049875176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608900a6474f3---luguxodogopote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/042ebp6etd5j8luk8j6lnrjpfr/64317162207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieompaysdebray.fr/lesiom/txt/imgadmin/file/nuzozulujibevewegidovev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-6/file/rumutuwapem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/52093523443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambridgekapurthala.com/damana/userfiles/file/soromalagip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f30c11ba3b22e4475663d0af63f0303/19915636357.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_off0000ed67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED67 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010579.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10579 16692 bytes
SHA-256: 92a14c9a63d799d1cd8c98128efbfe6f95b2f9d3b28e14f07dcd3d9050a7e131
font_02_sfnt_off000130e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130E5 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 411e6b3c09fd6aac964e70efc280f455cc370ca9cf256cebf3dc912b03320126