Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c036aab64c0e42f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 20:51:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 476018e35e7505e8edf4cbddd995c253 SHA-1: 36531cab72b9fbac596771fd4d06271f19dda5bd SHA-256: 7c036aab64c0e42ff53971d252f54b9ef62970a62a4973a79f5043ab54452177
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous URLs and the 'SE_URGENCY_LURE' heuristic point towards a social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=reface+privacy+policy
    • http://grafiport.com/userfiles/file/93978831175.pdf
    • http://gld-lining.com/user_img/files/46588557766.pdf
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/jejov.pdf
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5dbd7267de---82286742528.pdf
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb51d9cc10ebe712f2a07e35d2c955f3/jitubaxemukatalat.pdf
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3edac6bb256e6382636638c25f2ad00/55489318626.pdf
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3af9846980dd40994c6b461be6f009e/86667349668.pdf
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/22654102551.pdf
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210528084547.pdf
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b30b1fa290a---90323777564.pdf
    • https://chrmglobal.com/userfiles/file/ritugepazamesawo.pdf
    • https://asiastudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/denipefufawafur.pdf
    • https://hurtowniaroza.pl/upload/files/2199302202.pdf
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-12/20210512085603747864.pdf
    • https://aannemingsbedrijfbarthulsbosch.nl/userfiles/file/19645304368.pdf
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a282286b001---jirilisalow.pdf
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160894e68d4ec5---besavepotemukikukunudo.pdf
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608abe8924d5e---foluxobivobipimasuva.pdf
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cpqqju09v0bn1qa3j60o88vu2/56522678726.pdf
    • http://therealmccoyfamilyreunion.com/clients/f/f9/f9ea119420dddc0cc5ac7622830b9f68/File/mopuw.pdf
    • https://peterdegendt.be/file/jexosajavuk.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862b458dd9e---kufilabam.pdf
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d41de341385b54fa44a1ac7b827044c/ragirovotirexo.pdf
    • https://www.saammohaseb.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcf8dc8912e4bbfb56cfb30fd71932ca/xoteke.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010176.bin
217f7af62a25ad7927ca7cdc6cef1b4efc4ee8b166d2937a094a1582a05cdb14
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10176 10328 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000118e4.bin
59bb5fe5b7bd3c9c628705cd082cde96749cac9eaa2f4427bac3856e576f9a30
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118E4 23920 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001545d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1545D 16792 bytes