Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b67f9f00900027a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 11:45:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 8c002fc965b6e9701643167b32b6e413 SHA-1: cdaca1fdad8fe3bed174994dcb4dec02b153aa2e SHA-256: 7b67f9f00900027a4f2b1a07cfe311c1163710b3a32fe4a7e5533c90591b42ca
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of creating link farms on disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or scam operation. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or further stages of infection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a582e001a2---79908476651.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608448010dfc3---lukazovew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martonaroniskola.net/userfiles/file/69036068484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/pamewetiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd44a04193c8387e25c35154a5bcc96d/87571507148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b93573cba1---26413088308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xenangheli.vn/public/files/wofepisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/beb7080daf37fc09c17934f744176da5/ragutevedojap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca306f9c328---zutebobepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc6f46bf455---rabopesurevisojizejis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f84cb2e6bf7223d651813509f894834/nusokejeniga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jfbl696go3tpdq8r9njsegvob2/tanojabupozefutozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d0df64829---nokiderozuzuraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855148704da---jabepinolefibamugezudiked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mbk-montage.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56555541715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1055fed3d369b21fa7305526b8b5f12/34725610787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079494366a0c---95774247346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://954move.com/clients/4890/File/54588956181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.neosynapses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/heg154e2mlfu01i01bht8cct6e/kuval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986bb4631f7---92010382208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vfgkh4btsf971iklb81k5pcnn5/dodiredebaxanuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59ae7584f2d37b99148786f6e14014f9/xigalotus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9546c33cda7520be70b63a6c6e41fdca/taxoroxavakewolapabibev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df43bdfacc8cc0fdcda995b6b597b2fc/64707707630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interel-rus.ru/test/sites/default/files/file/tewope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=super+mario+3d+land+special+world+8+crownPDF 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_off0000df3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f74d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF74D 16880 bytes
SHA-256: 842f3d3f0b34960aed481fc47165bef73b9c70ee8412965a3daf403e79a3170b
font_02_sfnt_off0001235e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1235E 11216 bytes
SHA-256: 67aa5a511362dc934cf72184b3728fd109678f0b919ec19bec0abf6f1e339a07