Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d6a16c7aa5b075e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-27 11:27:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d57eb78f75ea5fe1993777abf673cbe3 SHA-1: b61efbee3ffcd3947cfb2b446e5e7f54f53a4987 SHA-256: 7d6a16c7aa5b075e2a5d20bafb165dab0de5cb12cfa60068588cddfe4ddd375c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links appear to form a link farm designed to redirect users to other locations, likely for malicious purposes such as phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfae59a770---17113181305.pdf
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dm74eeum5ludgbb7tvst5ojp45/34591906314.pdf
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b718f2bf4---66581072702.pdf
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160960b14d8f93---geselam.pdf
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f85cbe501416f68ba8c0600c55b55695/17450313909.pdf
    • http://universalgroupautos.com/files/others/99411051031.pdf
    • https://iominneapolis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a01ee6440a32a5e9e8db0e483790b2d/57302323444.pdf
    • http://i-dron.cz/data/file/jomomuzilotuxafumefobi.pdf
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715d8be5cd4---pakemokabofopabe.pdf
    • https://waelfawzy.com/userfiles/file/
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ddd3870b55c1c2cd1af143048d705b6/18749602741.pdf
    • http://neoneofitou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zosejuledipiver.pdf
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0ca452a8ab---54843447292.pdf
    • http://zlato-invest.cz/upload/files/gojal.pdf
    • https://namratalakhotia.com/userfiles/files/33371602412.pdf
    • http://iswii.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37421757134.pdf
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d88d43bfd16---27071767105.pdf
    • https://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/79382375581.pdf
    • http://thongthien.vn/upload/files/69960593437.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d74uhc7quoilij8ecfnb9q8j6/25421072271.pdf
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d1eb88d96d6f09031ac622f9b246ce4/77827536987.pdf
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f2ceb7b73---40891805292.pdf
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n88b7ctbqdfnti9oc3ft1e26l4/58103936376.pdf
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/folawedasizerana.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=pasar+de+moles+a+gramos+ejercicios+resueltos+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_off0000fa0c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA0C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011223.bin
b555b6069a1bfba526b25387c44a9719b18041fc08d60ba7a7eb29522473a572
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11223 11088 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012bc8.bin
6290d4b37ef34fddbf40d18d1400eae31ff5af5f820e7f6fc4f1d1a1c1665edf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BC8 17748 bytes