Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b8b41f715891adc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 16:29:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 39575611aa834f046157b71fba9c7010 SHA-1: 0b56b627534a29a2fc829fa9ec82d7985713c43e SHA-256: 7b8b41f715891adccb2dfbf510a886885abba528d74d6f83a1181a09e41a5b04
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or spamming campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further malware. No scripts were extracted, and the document body is unreadable binary data.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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 http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/55505933223.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fcd879a736---88717080743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-12/20210512015047678153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestaerospace.com/uploads/file/23285541123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c6c4f6b4c0f185f7ea4779fa431c354/56278159576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072151b2cc93---91601157078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10c792d73b3c06f7d94b36a495799766/mitikawinewovipigas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741fdb211fc---29202852780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93f9b7b0c84aa55039042ce4f843556a/bagefisiwimamogevani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backyardreleaf.ca/clients/6/6a/6a4eaaf8452764cb6fc14c9064ed0c71/File/52164764981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikkedua.com/contents//files/2298065109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701b27a743a---zumenizejeronuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ceb2b6167ffd3c01fe68d7c1a7dc2ce/bilukunojibuninudukiwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzycznescyzoryki.pl/userfiles/file/2663870140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f60b8a3b1d---95478764741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igabana.com/upfolder/e/files/20210612021508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a55e2da1859---17500900882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ro7h0cjfn1cruqa75f19caao2/kuvaxulodijumalubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/tataj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9458aa40e5---11627758283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8135e5999aa50892f1c663cc1aaad52/sudimajubewazewopatojiraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fve37h4i4ccrcou1sodqjk34lm/5416718195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be77c8d6dfb---89804773369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockfallco.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbad5010d9---15905024606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=ice+age+movies+streamingPDF 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_off00011ec6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EC6 18124 bytes
SHA-256: e5d686bd0c3d9122f91372f7720a95280519435c210d93658e659cc3c95eff1d
font_01_sfnt_off00014e0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E0B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016622.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16622 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 88b55311c5be9f3a9b4fb69d951241117c34b2f2c24712ada0e59a30b1a6b09f