Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b42d1ea6f8789d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-07-01 23:11:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: e667a3585bc1f2e0e5a7628ccf4d69ed SHA-1: 4da84a4cb564e9dc34af7190fbb4d86605eabbd7 SHA-256: 7b42d1ea6f8789d346db4cfad6d3e33ee5ff1465a25243ecdcc5b722aac05663
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a link farm. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malicious content or engaging in phishing activities. The presence of these links and the overall structure strongly suggest an intent to distribute malware or facilitate phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://www.varisistanbul.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071cf873abf8---rejadenudakamiju.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://polishingmarblefloor.it/userfiles/files/73869430546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eca019c273---xonibixuwodefagujadef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/76301738032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hb1004.com/userData/board/file/58367747116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c90a838f1---17593158993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1004edaf9f---93491950505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/82491437060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae23cee058---mopurikelujotedanetix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hgbs.de/userfiles/file/jobijuroxikizakufezat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ca75f15f5c1f254bcc1830630cbd2ca/winawafomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burchiellati.com/file_fck/file/velaragerupuzoponuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94881414811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/zasijema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/mafumexuwexesesulaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winpoasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruxasuxeluzopegaxogonip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d6862266d---35244531822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b248c58a1b6df126b612992d831317cf/69795501749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merlegdoktor.hu/tmp/38599405061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/908a25b3fd0365f80c94a6caf9dac765/90563611080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubsportedinburgh.org/userfiles/files/75506827636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7fc9aa74bd---8692359281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607288fbe1ddf---rutozejero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feqac93744gnu1d7p7q98rp711/latazejepuvobasijot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072449c2ef68---lamobigowezojezedares.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+minutes+are+played+in+a+soccer+gamePDF 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_off0000c756.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC756 15304 bytes
SHA-256: d59767f02fc0fc452a868ee43903b7f795f32f7ce5bb74c86b09a9aa2fe7ad38
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE41 11148 bytes
SHA-256: e634ba3f024d6327370c8431153fd4f5a6aad39cb01d54581052e45948e8c4e9
font_02_sfnt_off00010820.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10820 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1