Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d43055e26d48434…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:17:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b5dae2b44124b9114833323411539a19 SHA-1: ee2db72f5c1dcb51a1cc31ef9862ebaf4186efbf SHA-256: 7d43055e26d48434bb57d6edb74f2c7256fc697d9e6ebdd0731e3c650a303a3e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The file's structure and the presence of multiple external URIs indicate it is likely used as a lure to deliver a secondary payload or phish credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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.bluewhaleline.com/image/upload/File/48540577211.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://francoisdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/niforupaxekazefug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d4sontario.com/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/vomugewamorijagekewewero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0c064f750bb5517ef3427b17ea03c9a/mopisabudapupadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/749f672618d7045c5752a32b4c64291a/simoxajutedomolevinofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712350b4012---43038522215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1f075dab25---26459916568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/vasiwukojiposowifewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurier48.pl/files/userfiles/file/topuritiliruxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7seapharmtech.com/Uploadfiles/files/8372504122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7d7bde85a96eb01e5e6c1f7c16cf275/36275792738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jdp3i0q9d50fnk0f94b85itdq7/gejusevisidare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-yang.tw/taiyang/upload/file/11376539721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c4f874cbd81ef0a871bf6464b82eb20/84818890426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073640a46fb8---nusedakawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro-elec.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wukototipalusikajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6304c3055ab3acd0783a285a84a476b7/sudopekav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccc176e8418---rudututazitivonilijezaver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608994bc4ba73---87365509783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8btqdre7qae3u9o8htu79di5lb/mewuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/19087368928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b192fbc36c---nubitafukoxuweguduvapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907a501368c---lipinolovukufadaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=hepatitis+b+sexually+transmittedPDF 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_off0000d6a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6A1 10880 bytes
SHA-256: b7e1dfe4aaa81e4a480a035dfabb4e3edaad7bc84a57446f7bdf634a8df32a9f
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001079c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1079C 19316 bytes
SHA-256: bb3393e3c44c4fc1e1ddcc8b2cf28fbb889af02ddb147efd31e900b4a746f69a