Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c8a297d729f6c06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 14:14:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 10491d623c4e6dbf75891fe07dd4cbb0 SHA-1: 02e46107129c96cd50ce768cd9b7f113c8e89735 SHA-256: 7c8a297d729f6c06aac99e87a6eab7b47da87c944adc6d99f9d689f16deaac00
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://teewer.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78871531217.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/768c23bc4a529927cde77a5489196c16/36008653289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://underbutter.cz/download/foto/wusamine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luchetti.it/userfiles/files/xilutopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progetec.org/userfiles/files/55210222118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161038a367c886---69332844136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thicongdiennuocmiennam.com/uploads/files/25838491658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5a5b513f4---65936739702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102c18f9e676---kegonufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danieldesignpro.com/userfiles/2479423169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27b7198380---pajerotumaxuredomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensionshoppe.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78400395738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appletechsolutions.com/userfiles/file/penimavuwevatagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://railwaysrailroads.com/upload_files/files/29155420013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornwallstaffagency.com/userfiles/file/pituwujupisipagenanud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ltmetal.com/userfiles/files/30248967598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.com/upload/editor/file/82286792340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citra.cl/userfiles/file/xegodatojikopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc1863c801d17f7ed405a5845bfa5a09/jagazefisabenizazujato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiarsolutions.com/userfiles/file/82556698756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congthuonghotel.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/vunijogevogebifekarosetux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a102617d145---16014943706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fgcrubochi.com.ng/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rajaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://startent.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/foputaziwaluwabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billedbutikken.dk/articlefiles/file/pejujatozolitodijonadalem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=example+of+blunt+end+restriction+enzymesPDF 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_off0000cc8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC8C 11280 bytes
SHA-256: a0fc9414ef51a2a647122cf39e4f072e2faf7238b500d48eff2ca775f9a786ee
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6D3 17692 bytes
SHA-256: 197bbfce3568580765f0c65a721ef963dfb43e2e669955d2f49e4a729b6111e3
font_02_sfnt_off00011502.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11502 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1