Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c862c008de7b6fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:32:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5e2155fec764ac24d18c295f5c615311 SHA-1: 4838726c187ed4324b2865d0111f6aba5882a0a8 SHA-256: 7c862c008de7b6fdde0da6195c4a4ed0b3c7ace846075acbc76dcae5f4157f34
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608342c124840---87228052715.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/498e4de2a8437ac7fb4ed730a819b0a1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apz-arte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63327753390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/60083990529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/lijovuvej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0a79f6e2c5---34175286357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://incucinaconalberta.com/userfiles/files/nawejaxetojopases.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b42f486abd---nelamowokuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lachina.cn/upload/file/29606729223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98d24903d1de3663aae3e4f32364a790/85297719651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uqm7j3nd4kn4v3k5vqsge3meg6/kiwijipejazelilobad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c894a6ac33---20779544634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.libroparlatolions.it/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95046715187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/215214541a9810f1a88722e13221f3a0/bawewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiorampinelli.com/file/44988377449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brianhigbielaw.com/UserFiles/file/725578904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cmq659ukbceqhul7mep3pd78p7/82081087916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voijin.com/userfiles/files/vuweponoworozugoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0272acde25---14554088422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90a234279348787936af22aec0c59940/91973470364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/27548740158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66af85d35760dfb1b23e446e2411f2cd/78570012685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geobigoni.it/userfiles/files/kawawesagide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=business+law+reviewer+by+soriano+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608428c282613---37765047899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e165.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE165 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 32a4ffac713224592471abcba5e76253a4c0e67fd856f065f7f8250816669a6f
font_01_sfnt_off0000faca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFACA 18048 bytes
SHA-256: 39a3aed39731c230831311304fc2478973a4f3ebafb4a60fa160ffee1c05e351
font_02_sfnt_off00012904.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12904 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1