Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7baf374aab1c5544…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 00:19:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 4619c315bb0d0846a219fdeae5571f50 SHA-1: 7d97532bc2d4e35c05c5b939b9e6050088060166 SHA-256: 7baf374aab1c5544e166e8dc29e45065ff4deaf57016b4a93d0c5a4348992fc2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised WordPress upload storage locations and disposable hosting sites. These links likely serve as lures to download further malicious content, disguised as legitimate files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9786

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=science+practical+file+class+10 PDF link annotation
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c98a2449c6c---75780035307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/843803166b54b3e43f42be539c302765/63291497522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvkumariajnkvv.org/singhania/downloads/file/fejunoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5ab578276---tirizolokolejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7372c1c50b603dc8e82d1f9769201b5d/21001074735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rodnolespropertymanagement.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/64640035844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082227ce515c---63891101943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eb03b45555---kegelipinuliboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6ce9b29f54---tituwewozepetusesewab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789b0b7f53c---61894482697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41qgmqbfae00f4khna86v7onlt/puresoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f80361742---91399596328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8fb0932bd---xetojivevedasijuxoremikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netshopnepal.com/userfiles/file/41089633126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983e0a30e67---puzunilonek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7be63b331b---pifuvebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ienter.bg/files/viliju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d7f75su6i53idhraa7di14bf8/86132278070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac3d117e7e---vezezimowikopolivizoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://misionesmedellin2030.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o38f0cj55j9pcqhcph007qpmfd/52371338584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnhhgj.com/upfiles/userfiles/file/juredobutogijenij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4c45d5e95---junulevetovedano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodsfamilypride.org/clients/2/2c/2c83419adcf4927d74d3defe18342386/File/69925590274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jl404eq2ijeu6a0r18m775piej/linonoterotarifoxunasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.m2asolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7735a8e24abd58ab3aaae2e41044eaf2/8766684396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/xejek.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED5F 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 03a3e472b720ef99641e697bb0ebe737a3a13a46e166d80aee25208127b62c54
font_01_sfnt_off000105b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105B9 16248 bytes
SHA-256: 6c7e1b754cf38ee70ad76cb780c90d71dc4ff6fc3e14eab78a91c98fc4406452
font_02_sfnt_off00011b85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B85 17404 bytes
SHA-256: 87e6eee1b391f7906fa1d83278913ba4117c3458ca12fb3bd7eabc5fdd3a9199
font_03_sfnt_off00014928.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14928 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1