Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c4fe8afb104c0a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:16:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 059200df792b6cabc63844ebe5ffd2a7 SHA-1: 07ecc2be9f1b8c8462e571cef2318445e49a6d1b SHA-256: 7c4fe8afb104c0a6929c4325e3c59f4d494210ccb53508d67f008620cac7e2b2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics as a link farm and a potential phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The numerous embedded URLs point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a726hhucg0j9kedl9poj33m4e1/57177399292.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nikoljski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuxewizemovojitav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d321cb7aced---70052333947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/28658897952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universal4shipping.net/userfiles/file/25609607159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w.scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61762597081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://effektfilm.de/files/file/xuvokufotoxirutul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myapartment.de/web/editor/files/xerumunolusumum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111a5d4951de---33043711963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/491255544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-label.com/upload/files/fubewebozazizuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.nl/userfiles/file/kotunegamuler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisnordmedical.fr/docs/file/narozoginulirimuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k1kc25jt74qp3k6ite2ce5gua8/sasokibepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamantina-joaillerie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94260057656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e020b059497---6723372594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mercuresamuichaweng.com/admin/file/4638753559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbrier101.com/userimages/36429004109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/piwefewogugudovejunir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gintaras.cz/userfiles/file/29465012397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectiveoffice.net/userfiles/file/vevupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c5b04a0f6---96490938462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beliangka.com/contents//files/42375524311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98a0b32d7e8b01e4a78563f3bcea6138/zokeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=aids+science+and+society+7th+edition+pdfPDF 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_off00011487.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11487 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012c9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C9E 10716 bytes
SHA-256: b6a2cdedded2f64ea7b1ea3816f0c18d2b024a84b19cd51de31de854d57b9bfa
font_02_sfnt_off00014549.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14549 18176 bytes
SHA-256: dbcea53d13b3d3df98f44366fd7c1293eeac507ca617faf23221d0babff5231c