Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b644d5f09a70aac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-07-24 08:16:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f5639617bca48e9abb598f36e3717a1c SHA-1: dbdcbf6dc120873e08189062ceccf094805e6acb SHA-256: 7b644d5f09a70aac5c26a6de0882b86c8f54b148a0e28577b5581b4a61ed3b5c
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and utilize disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be metadata from the wkhtmltopdf tool, providing no direct user-facing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7561

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49065e8809---novibura.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yule-sign.com/upload/editor/file/20210531035538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/99694863359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtglass.pl/upload/file/zuturolaxivakizune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74774eb2b932a0e15142576228562d89/nomuzusodenizopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coiffurenais.com/userfiles/file/zijiwakerodidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/47476384344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://augsburger-dartliga.de/uploads/file/89398298508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808f2d336cb---37956945627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/dadiwaxulixub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a35f68280c4---7525310770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d937c7a122---lagakaruzowojifino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekttorun.pl/pliki/fawenuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toshiba-center.ru/uploads/files/bodujarefakovojumewixiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feff1642fc430d4208155a3630774feb/sozawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45521502d251ff82ff58c4569c3ad28e/9861310421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunwayhk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62544977362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrsjamesirvine.com/clients/82887/File/30509391282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb43720009---jidezinonifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf20105b938---40442416873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9knm2nvr0427qq95p37gsbp2i/kelat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/61982792470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///39286422467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+make+your+friends+list+private+on+snapchatPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e5a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5A2 11332 bytes
SHA-256: 6690e1c523e23d18ca9cb6bd1610c579fdb42fcf5045f51287e444751b9a7afa
font_01_sfnt_off00010024.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10024 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1