Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ce0a76a202b2b9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-07-04 23:15:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b79c37b4ff154689d010835ac6bd8b14 SHA-1: 41f00ec933574b0ef4ae1e47918b09b8f0f83d18 SHA-256: 7ce0a76a202b2b9e1f7d95bfd812ac7a0b4c07dcecfdc6621039810e1e4670f7
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The presence of PRC/3D content and duplicate object bodies are also noted. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the overall structure and URL distribution suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • PRC/3D content in PDF medium CVE related PDF_PRC_3D
    PDF contains PRC 3D content. PRC/U3D parsers have been a recurring Adobe Reader attack surface; treat as a related parser-exploit indicator rather than a specific CVE match.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=serialization+in+c%23+example
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bec74c39d5---tugakozovofewunoj.pdf
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mh5p7id742eakgtdhne9oe9257/60213914417.pdf
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf1508f47189bd26de8c80badddfb5a2/bikavunaseluresifo.pdf
    • http://mobilesamara.com/img/files/file/bovomojudutud.pdf
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f629734db---51265765505.pdf
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddf93db2ad11fd6255d23495a572dc03/pobebilapata.pdf
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v0lhfrvbk7gu2llmr4ps6nm79f/kalodupiwut.pdf
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/ligilevavulomipa.pdf
    • https://giltmorestukko.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muzibekeganamowudolafak.pdf
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/41978561802.pdf
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fv4th8lcoi18dku3h6dogumr56/48054617801.pdf
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb52e9848fc---wutulapisozopapanexiwi.pdf
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075169156034---92047279226.pdf
    • http://bean2beenefamilytree.com/clients/60578/File/jorab.pdf
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d39baa2d4d653c88ffa4f07af6902e43/sinixosak.pdf
    • https://motacademy.it/file/mabafovetidi.pdf
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h1tb76lgn98n2jeckcib022982/25983572195.pdf
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072829b9320d---60613425564.pdf
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cc3535c650---wobarozexuzunerumobedik.pdf
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609719cb7a5bc---56885509784.pdf
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rqn4iu6bptnra9u8dfgl9l72sa/61111885262.pdf
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f71502505c24a5443d04e21fbd5b9bed/31941342456.pdf
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/wusidu.pdf
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/76130932439.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_off0000e698.bin
6358a298b65beae734fbb26d4614adc8cfb0cf716cf8e2c010f9f314c67f51d9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE698 10188 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd93.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD93 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000115a5.bin
5d2b765bc266aa7577af1fdf15c4c05612d0b5286d7f9bf17d53d5b82588b1b8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115A5 17008 bytes