Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ba410dfc2c00ce0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 18:22:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 0098a4880b2fe1f3ea30dcdcd0428dfb SHA-1: 3730db6360cac21183c5a4456d88255b5c103d69 SHA-256: 7ba410dfc2c00ce0935344dd421383fd32f680fa94bd2ff6a6fcb07c8af1b099
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs suggest a tactic of using disposable or compromised hosting to obscure the ultimate destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b83588e070f---sunorawaximonodox.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707436e563d---vorufudamituguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32e18nlls9ttjiu4qovhrqa20l/30732037523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/tasenikojilumopakepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexa.cz/docs/file/gizipusitulib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcr3mjhf68rug2osd80r22eug0/71234168631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d221e5890---56467922188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2b73df3dfe4e70feb421c93aba80e3b/pubefivodimasetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d1f1b5425---97691465707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytlcases.com/userfiles/file/soxasumedaxigegawadoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079781f930dc---vemul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1539b4d4c9---xinivanunepitamonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eau-msu.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39946295521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab89a1407f2---94491171313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fewo-spreewald-schoetzigk.de/brandenburgtag/img/editor/file/wetovotivupalim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98ec001b4391d7f5eea41ba84a2cab96/potilewiwobiragak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7420179e099071348b57672ac339cf0/kusezupogopararidejobubaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a9146485c---takemuzevalonum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2a571cd025452b8467c265ef63238d0/55026924690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082770e53467---pubanefiliranidupubalok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-swiss.com/upload/userfiles/file/mipajokegakenok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/futugaweletuguzixelar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stijsr.com/userfiles/file/96109748572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b35e0d7b8cf---53787377069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=costa+rican+colones+to+canadian+dollarsPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b73c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB73C 10396 bytes
SHA-256: ccd379eb19e6ba6f19e3f153d2f2e6b74d1979f2d0f34283451c0abc794c8378
font_01_sfnt_off0000cedf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEDF 15948 bytes
SHA-256: 057051a6adf74f4706fc18106e04e43be0186c89e5b4aa6fce20916d7ec0a2b5
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00010ec2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EC2 16224 bytes
SHA-256: 5dc452f2b4f8f6cf50bab96a09d9f243b03113461a4839846761b06a93380fa3