Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b488be48a993ef6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 22:46:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 37565f89f50593c86557028bd7de657f SHA-1: 9f735874c47243e56ff1d360a30c05e3116e198d SHA-256: 7b488be48a993ef6a54d8149cafe64fe0ece17cca4667c0a757a2b3daed6a0c1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, embedding numerous URLs that point to compromised CMS upload directories. These links likely serve as redirects to phishing sites or malware downloaders, aligning with the 'Spearphishing Attachment' technique.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830e831691a---73141258799.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f82145d4a7---sasomozetokifixikudegaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvumayphoto.vn/webroot/img/files/60277972850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a7b58d2dd---jukamokuzefaxunivupage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5e68bf21d6---32999418968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iva-vietnam.com/userfiles/file/fufewunibojiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7pf5gqtqce7fv2lhjro4j6qkb2/zuliresonizilijuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ahcjevtqq.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dowadafazomajeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q85sqr7m8tjsptn3qvhhioi7sa/gugefazizisinewimog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berallebags.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210722112001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f05bc5df6a---27756868539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c3fac4deaa6ca84b9fa9e2e20186b0b/fagufojuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metafelix.it/userfiles/files/9782256294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tfhh99es1ndd52p8bf3p3si3a5/38666167747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ark-mr.com/data/home/qxu2063190031/htdocs/uploadfile/files/5915253418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be664da8839---janowigeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aea6e75a41---10357826122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gift-founder.com/archive/upload/files/buruvosepibogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f49117ceed---96923788707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hud101.vn/webroot/img/posts/files/5356260519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/xunogoraxapavadit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksboutlet.com/file/files/wozewimijem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cqg0svs4taflbiavn2ubeqmj67/pipemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a034829d8d8---kidiwenawovarewupawadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=prepositions+of+movement+worksheet+pdfPDF 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_off0000c477.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC477 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC89 17428 bytes
SHA-256: 89c3fa69e23ac77bb293ad1dd013b26c4e09100e5c32f9fa598bf84af5b1598b
font_02_sfnt_off00010964.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10964 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 9495f4a061988e5d83feac5e71454d512d2d4bf9c4d0301d375f4f901678a18b