Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c00dbbd3945f9b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-07-07 03:10:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 3ef68355002e969eaf7e7b8b72435a6f SHA-1: 30a4d1f03f805a0abdec6af1a9842f701f094adc SHA-256: 7c00dbbd3945f9b76cd7818a679e0df07a62a75e94c07a22fa1ea76c04478ce4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites used for hosting files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack pattern observed is the use of a link farm to redirect users to potentially malicious content, likely for phishing or SEO poisoning.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://lose-weight.tw/upload/files/jizesomu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a20ad4b59d---35841369922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/74923386888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosimonepantaleo.it/userfiles/files/rejavikojevenorob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb168079c43120b343fdfad6f499d463/93245525982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6863c702e39ba2e307d23ffbc5dfad87/binenekarewegab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.eu/userfiles/file/pekiwazepawimiwiropetaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inter-travel.hu/_user/file/kededusenasuselapesuxekip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/jofokapajaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusbetaja2.com/contents//files/44897849594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/mavosoxutos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080850977837---wuzerizategulefudijuvori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07decf6575b4bf7a4dd16e25e56e0044/96477487711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42297075a4---33025849759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.logistiekverbeteren.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77855216742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef0aceea46ea28819223828181513cd4/zikorawego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editora-arara-azul.com.br/site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88878324890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omni-links.com/images/blog//file/kefugomesolasol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cb7f83ba493656c43bbc74526910598/mipis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a293f0d3a59---wapifefexus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160951f95d3f51---refidaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdseoulps.com/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/95870810026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca1f322e77---40883911151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changdahk.com/upload/18816893437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samowar.me/userfiles/files/18233597327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e92a63e1100ab8ba0c05f8792295510f/lidoxebanofitonililope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=high+platelet+count+low+hemoglobinPDF 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_off0000f86e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF86E 10872 bytes
SHA-256: da7d915bdd0dbdf0c3928b94d709e1f6402696cd395e37eb3b5c18ea0119f758
font_01_sfnt_off00011123.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11123 17308 bytes
SHA-256: f3f5311d20e365f6bc05945a41c15e5fff3990b62767ba14737f642a76ef835c
font_02_sfnt_off00013e95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E95 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1