Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7bd9848b40122d3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 05:45:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d22244a45052c10cd210718f4f09028e SHA-1: 872c0c5693be868830175e0c45434e1498137578 SHA-256: 7bd9848b40122d3f3b8d8f6b219400272e152c1acc32611f357734a4a683b0e3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. Heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest this malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature, likely used to redirect users to phishing or malware-hosting pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9927

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://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9055049f468907f76c24b0f1a812d94d/rowozevajakovesefitazop.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160964f3454773---10217088663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49a194456d689c81005d220787de4121/subagojoraxaxoxotisirom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609496f2715e8---65650360678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/210608224206649385yw76jm.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c379cb1663c---rovaxaponapadowuzema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.training/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/74848733619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824a9275093---73873036097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba8f449f7e8---42615237582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7371c35f874fa4c8f56c3dabd3a235bb/67056472724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/upfii9pombio2a7ojv3qj1go35/baxapapuxozev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160922c010353c---28469120896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2d399ea9a5b1b97644e6155b4786488/29137922300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gesas.it/media/mailinglist/file/56647905652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae9acfe404e---rorusodala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608444e9acf6c---peziguwedefamizazuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islandpointfl.com/userimages/12828043122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecole.ru/text/images/file/24759710167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e233ab1298a2d4ba9950d200e7bef9c/nominimexerofolabejes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yakutiaprime.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/24090488310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/367190dfdbd69f54a6fe669d509b438f/najawenir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ippinnudon.com/uploads/files/jonefulufaluzidasekezigiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranahytta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/depotuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=national+safety+council+defensive+driving+course+test+answersPDF 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_off0000efa3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFA3 10996 bytes
SHA-256: a351912d0374e8cd6864e948c91ae4e16b804bc14d454d8009d7dc02fc88fe65
font_01_sfnt_off00010932.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10932 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012143.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12143 16324 bytes
SHA-256: 67c1890445dd584739fe98573a06b241ffd8aa3b93c803dc09577ea01632a97c
font_03_sfnt_off00013730.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13730 19944 bytes
SHA-256: aa7bdca1dcac975cdfcda48edc1bd3017fbca01d0439d765460a4980c54e3c9c