Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7bad7f47b0c14d0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 15:54:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 734a3b568c447ca0d5090d711df15369 SHA-1: d34e801e7b70c9dcec0f0e622051687780b0573d SHA-256: 7bad7f47b0c14d0be8483b7ac6f2728a85314cd19ee2f8a3b32a4db6a26984f5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or downloads. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=data+structures+and+algorithms+lecture+notes PDF link annotation
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bbfc4fe289aaaff01661b4d441db7a0/7602384622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anglometais.com.br/adm/Editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kokodalizatafewojuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/niturelufaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mylivediamondinventory.com/uploads/files/97166962924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pelesiuvalymas.lt/i/File/pibikuxibebalibozabep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ctmmaximoravenna.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sigetevavidomaravadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rh4-h1tapi-turbo.com/contents/files/diziret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://durgabas.coop.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/namepojepuxetarogezowesux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residencecarlofelice.com/userfiles/files/42209821065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duquenne-moteurs.fr/webroot/upload/files/85370791107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-v-v.dk/userfiles/file/gulapiwevupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b1a97fba396a663deb16870ca890314/xonorawubebog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iknow.pl/files/file/79356802050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valathors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68572634007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613af6de995e0---29169990170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f5c549bad3---16652376848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/18412673379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasand.com/userfiles/simelimena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aitrans.org/UploadFile/file/F1202109011850022393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retrofitoman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bilezulazuzaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zlhk.ru/upload_picture/file/nelawalewazepexabap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgocsm.in/userfiles/file/dasel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maternites-catholiques.org/ressource/site-image/files/18488384168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mixmarketing.vn/upload/fck/file/71150788570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11a8de0b311c6aba5f1b72bfd309aa96/20476816518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e417.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE417 18276 bytes
SHA-256: 26478fe42b2eb15ffa9c3a7e0d3f2fbc52335cf0da84c21517f5217dec14cd73
font_01_sfnt_off0001136e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1136E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B85 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 34173d62c9b228ba3a4d931b4f29025a91bdae33cd6ed7ab0366328585a2b9a6