Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b3f9a461edd46cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

216.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 23:27:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 9c4b9860518d2529934cfa75aa0a4b8b SHA-1: be63187a0b443f1ed25ef5bd186bece8c9bca1cc SHA-256: 7b3f9a461edd46cfa9bea36445946f69d46f2c03042b6318cfe920df3abe1968
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, acting as a link farm and SEO redirector. This pattern is commonly used to lure victims to phishing pages or to distribute malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9852

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
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • 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.
  • 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://kar360.com/resimler/files/kotowirukas.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/71834583317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e3f8852d5---kiniwekakezetanerevefilov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c12afb8268---46208936538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ccbb1df68---7048686893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/amtk6iab6f9neh7kucq7r7gaub/fidebiwekijonabewakaxego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41978620d42a1ba2c90634a057588cec/50570163315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609498dcd67aa---zibuzipupevuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c19d9067733---xixil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9916e217c---85385170609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca160d8029---27330408209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096966218c30---zetajisogewinigali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7j57tfqrsabjektku1onn0db8i/8822912136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4d737d54599568b91fcb19c18d5f9c3/taxapevubamev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e2c4a647ba---12229747013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/088885dc41e3c1e8003bbe149614056f/41974907055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53a87aabc1bf6015a3881a3e6aec3847/bawev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/755983705d60167dbc290ef124d7e046/63634832166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f90cbd6c5---xodekumezepufov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2ad49b4a2a---nutadenenusidoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de608dde84cb491ceefd00e9793a16fc/migorubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/718949c9719e687eae2784b7cd8f2a41/meluzafominurojosufil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3efd32e03f9ea8d4e4383dc7e2ff8d83/28189101676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5d2c20ef7df848991c976ee12227840/17329031763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kristinanamaste.eu/files/fizarirotikulafuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veraschwemmle.de/fckdata/file/45378925737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=elasticsearch+search+all+indexesPDF 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_off0002f25e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2F25E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00030a70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x30A70 19016 bytes
SHA-256: 4ebd49dd303e58c3004e12a674ea584ad8c0b159c341eae168f61687c2faf4dd
font_02_sfnt_off00033c84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x33C84 10432 bytes
SHA-256: 36f396dbaaff333f2508ca27470c89cc37214aeaf1fdd11180fa0c06f9e72a3b