Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b38936d5c971bb1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.2 KB Created: 2021-07-19 03:32:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5ac720a183244e4fe8f0caa741c3b010 SHA-1: 2e4bc923c11434f0ca89e23d3f798a61cac59c52 SHA-256: 7b38936d5c971bb17493a0f66eba033ce84098c7f27d37af3fd6ff27cfc2975c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links suggests a coordinated effort to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://defaico.com/d/files/voniwofe.pdf
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b50ee398db673f8e099008f1adc6314a/fepulurudelotirelesov.pdf
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160a627474ad02---jeduwogixiwotovulelo.pdf
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n0h1gda5og8juqob5q94fq94e0/vezoretemigod.pdf
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc16b91f98a1a7587469c258cd87e89d/20981740044.pdf
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jsadripe7df3djn974mjq2maev/paniwi.pdf
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778d273b5f9---giboputetuw.pdf
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vqqfaa70i2jh8tmh0fv5aq364n/bobulomo.pdf
    • https://www.comperat-89.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gajogofedijigidubopoji.pdf
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abcead43aea---50723296824.pdf
    • https://pablohernandes.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9381c611c41ec1f3744fd31cab38f55a/gobudativatumopob.pdf
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee38bcbd8d---76122168727.pdf
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/files/47867009115.pdf
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983bcf21d58---17186899639.pdf
    • http://thebeautyofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63285220064.pdf
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b10743b098c---xitugonazovivafawirozixi.pdf
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1656af72e---repowujipokaxumusojow.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=weighted+least+squares+regression+formula
    • 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
font_00_sfnt_off0001132b.bin
8756f22d79e5bbba9def2398054205d0e9ec02365cfc66c7f9e626f2de8ce71b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1132B 19820 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000148d6.bin
505f1f16fb057e2a34e7666bb0a43a50f2e0b7bc0033e59b70183295ac12d2e9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148D6 16100 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015e12.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E12 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00017629.bin
5a3f5f2a62c622e6e5b30e24f780c4bd60a64c1d2b6dff18b9e223d163fdac45
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17629 11040 bytes