Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7cb7b98c8c0bc12b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-08-04 02:56:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f2e3db581ab5a3e50e5dbdcab4f03982 SHA-1: 6b1e295c6d8eac9c5feecc6d5283bee50b83bd03 SHA-256: 7cb7b98c8c0bc12b808de6c378c3ee3490edd95a46b1463f8b331055c2382d1c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or domains associated with link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pasarantogel.com/contents//files/75181600802.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97f77d30ba7cf207b0dd0e80def35551/14960692614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iphonerepairservice.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/posuxekiruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tribo.kz/userfiles/File/putatobotoxugage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca588d3bca1426d32681cd212fd4c46a/4176006576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd15bdbf6df6de782efab9c7132c4f4b/596083721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5d7cf0d591---votamanomigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sukhayurveda.in/userfiles/file/xaxavikuritiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c33f7593670---21070671326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fbef86ff50b39a65ab07388a254948b/1843314265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76d42d861f4dc4eef08fb9d0bc305953/15860753900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/nekobuneganol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c6b5561e64---30019989193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movietek.vn/hinh-anh/files/fasijivefutalodepinisadom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2sf99agqlk7jthk8ms066kfqlb/18492328831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lsv-wittlage.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jijudizif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attlas.center/userfiles/file/refeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massarentearchitettura.com/userfiles/files/19409910256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a93ef7a3aa2c3db6f27707b653affb5/64472976050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/47955172075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9a9adbeb3b---jikitopono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://best-infosystems.com/userfiles/file/vetefogasivadaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidaleve.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32019976103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editions-tlp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/texovofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=o+investidor+inteligente+benjamin+graham+saraivaPDF 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_off0000f4ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010cc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CC4 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 8472823699a575a08101148614c3b06c92e8d0c896cdd033b2f870169de2a9bb
font_02_sfnt_off00012611.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12611 20468 bytes
SHA-256: d44e98994650915094b4587487363bb2ab879723acbcf8da72ad27b8479134fd