Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7dd40e808696d9e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-07-19 02:21:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7616d301dd62a4b810f15fbc30f412ce SHA-1: 96cd9b6c32cdd6632f2a072cfd1ee955a98cd6cd SHA-256: 7dd40e808696d9e6a79f8728cb4ccfeb381a6ecfbe72b4ffa2e46ff451207687
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF document that contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and the use of UTM parameters suggest an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777a8418bdb---47235913333.pdf
    • https://orldoc.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m0sf2rm63ikodv9i93qnr5ah50/27745571137.pdf
    • http://ux-school.ru/files/files/6959152386.pdf
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/31700386181.pdf
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bh5cvlu9vk5sunsldd9chu5af0/wirituvokudanot.pdf
    • http://abc-tel.ru/data/File/redofufobogemuvogokajos.pdf
    • https://grup-insaat.com/userfiles/file/bulavipeni.pdf
    • https://www.disbel.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/97029930652.pdf
    • http://didongsinhvien.com/upload/files/wezodoxuluwulelanaxa.pdf
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f728b0eefe---51878991580.pdf
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q1od4og5akpnthspqvscf5cg22/jesefuwemozajigepo.pdf
    • http://uci.ir/userfiles/file/47955065146.pdf
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/dagogo.pdf
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a0702e9909ccbbfcf889c716395cbe0/60607736708.pdf
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db497f9190a---duxizojizirurafejawadem.pdf
    • https://tonitomov.com/picture/file/18884491237.pdf
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc4b149797017199495712b4c7b5cb7d/19911256205.pdf
    • http://nusratali.com/userfiles/files/faxorasixexubeziwatopeto.pdf
    • http://ballstonfamilymedicine.com/clients/861402/File/64088104891.pdf
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/88110772816.pdf
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/gibekebavitutoti.pdf
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3be00005c8f4b436ca996e790d89f494/mopet.pdf
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff354ddefff08dddb92771dffc4c5ac8/98087362073.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=mouth+corners+dry
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/ruzawaxejaziwesofad.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_off0000e9e8.bin
ad773734d7570a47454a7be75639870d0cd90bcc243cc8512e5ee0d5ca123bd2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9E8 17268 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000115f4.bin
1074aaec10db7852dfbfcd7b311ffcf6dd16ce658151cbedc2eb763b67f34904
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115F4 10376 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012d77.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D77 16792 bytes