Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c49b75a0dd04eda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

128.4 KB Created: 2021-07-13 15:55:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6aefe359547e1eb593ab944dc2aceb02 SHA-1: 8ac98e95dbb95dd7f1e557ff43d53dd50299f308 SHA-256: 7c49b75a0dd04edaf8dc92268022d77d92e6107c49b00a1f9519db3fdf5a88bf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised or disposable domains, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The file's structure suggests it's designed to lure users into clicking links that lead to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=it+companies+listed+in+nse
    • http://starinviter.com/ckimagefiles/92059526393.pdf
    • http://color-gateway.com/userfiles/file/vibivozizosigifowuk.pdf
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1152c10bf8---92371939317.pdf
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/94161553507.pdf
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1534c01e3090d207fcdfaf401185088/64101195285.pdf
    • http://vivatbacchus.hu/files/file/guruninafoke.pdf
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/4092909725.pdf
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/tusamimo.pdf
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9j5sse267seoquk4r161sqt73i/moxubiteviwugukodapezogox.pdf
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ac7fca2baae6f946d3554ab95dce128/vibopakivajinuguloru.pdf
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd0efedb2d---duxuduk.pdf
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d09c70130a2---99343056759.pdf
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968d33b03bb---balebepovupitinigazebuz.pdf
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76emu828nddrvuphc6snoo7c5s/52403218969.pdf
    • http://gymostrov.org/gymostrov/userfiles/file/27885604939.pdf
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa32a9663e---fuxobe.pdf
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c675f79deda---8213032981.pdf
    • http://studiopedrazzini.eu/userfiles/files/jofibawogiwifegevoribogaw.pdf
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ac38c155a---27952468470.pdf
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/76074937751.pdf
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v4i4pq6t9qa2ejfbvn30ij4if2/difim.pdf
    • http://starrwindow.com/clients/863399/File/refuzo.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_off0001996f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1996F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001b181.bin
9b9e2889e50c621130e64623deba259429014067b2608996955e39c92efb654f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B181 16504 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001dc72.bin
0001ea702991e1f225fc692fba6da700998019280f63048d9309cd94e3e48f6b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DC72 10524 bytes