Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ddf8791dce7bca0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 10:12:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7860c8142fca01781cc6a454a61679ca SHA-1: 91134f568cbc636a546a6bd034772cf4098105b5 SHA-256: 7ddf8791dce7bca012a017ce156eab92c2b4ce32468224154ee1ee1dd6f7bf9c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various websites, including those hosted on compromised Content Management Systems (CMS). The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or redirecting users to malicious content. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and the use of UTM parameters suggest a link farm designed to distribute traffic and potentially evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 https://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cut+hair+near+me+open
    • https://webkapper.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gigoxuv.pdf
    • https://worldpigment.com/image/upload/File/miwutosof.pdf
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35788accc85fb25c22c294207e1e09ce/vokovajudepi.pdf
    • http://hemeringen.de/ckeditor_ablage/userfiles/files/pizudaf.pdf
    • http://gamboeng.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48246487207.pdf
    • http://timandlor.com/userfiles/file/280186602.pdf
    • http://campingwithconvenience.com/files/files/vivojekijimujakujar.pdf
    • https://sesconbs.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67420174545.pdf
    • http://dienlanhlongan.com/upload/files/57779187954.pdf
    • http://goraku-sangyo.com/userfiles/file/pebavevumap.pdf
    • https://alhurwallpaper.com/Files/files/35074709401.pdf
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e9115a8e97---38770416222.pdf
    • http://acmfashion.vn/uploads/files/30854608990.pdf
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/92766271164.pdf
    • http://www.cpnatacao.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuvuju.pdf
    • http://xn--80aafbladvtgxneccoge3bt.xn--p1ai/pict/file/54802148932.pdf
    • https://westhygiene.hu/editor_up/96895131815.pdf
    • https://dangeloremodeling.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/tamuriluroboxiwotazuvek.pdf
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4buq0im10ifq0q5jn433bdb2m3/simagimilatifi.pdf
    • https://ezastupitelstvo.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/93611819872.pdf
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/071835076554.pdf
    • http://huyndaicaudien.com/upload/files/tidewesotuwud.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_off0000d9cf.bin
1a30a313a2cf33eae698cc3d86d934699b246a3ffb94e0c565360cd417e6a503
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9CF 19148 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010b8a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B8A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000123a1.bin
e7273806abffe124fa413b14434536d8c68fed45aacc0fee220a98d5d2f0a233
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123A1 10436 bytes