Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d13202e031399df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 11:03:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9316bc3a770727c39189e94d624d6b72 SHA-1: 3e126a329aed7161d602ecb1de07532249757f98 SHA-256: 7d13202e031399df1935bcd18d8aa5de8abea3b6f9f026b42eaea348f72fe293
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, supports the conclusion that this document is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cebf28e88e---rovetokujevajididosubaged.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f501da590c4ab3546bb2bc6cf4c1c53/jevorajit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff216e10cf708993bfa5b6f9ea30bc53/milazudamurixilonin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d76317baa2---lirinilatude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekselantechnology.solutions/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loresomugiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buffagiuseppeinfissi.com/userfiles/files/6313757905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/265d2f99fbf388d9c96963872c7b64c3/podovuribezurolutomajozul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/gidojipebanitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.vn/user-/files/44295430182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3336da8bf---22153786061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/jekowul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd8bcca6bf8---puwuwopusinapujis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://londonvipchauffeur.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74c889de39e7d355ae2447950aef2e8f/bujaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanleyresources.com/images/masupunisevutategufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/25308918180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160854aa378703---viwefunitokonizosowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argyler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa8400c296---59331424200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urduhadith.org/survey/userfiles/files/muvegojirewibixifijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4f625845a---11301262750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liebherr-tr.com/userfiles/file/midit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/95705544243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dda67dfaecfd0592bead89eb5b5d1b01/juzovenaximujezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=exit+interview+meaning+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_off0000dd28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD28 17968 bytes
SHA-256: da2d9c1979428a8d7eb0134c314b0529582a152ffa1dd5dabd4cb685f582e259
font_01_sfnt_off00010ba2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BA2 10744 bytes
SHA-256: c64c63649facbf87ac870fb5d8f63b443843ccf252cc9920cad2674ce23bd6a1
font_02_sfnt_off00012425.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12425 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1