Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e1fb61de1331e97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 20:12:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a84ea6ae7cb582b1b1a563ea3859c779 SHA-1: 1bdc865b9fca83fe339d1fd91d911ee5e365afa2 SHA-256: 7e1fb61de1331e97fab081c4d162ff768188394d241513bd78f5b11d16ab5ac7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a deceptive user interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b880becae---dunutivefumaker.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a1085234bd---lujiwepofelifibeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kancelaria-perfect.pl/app/webroot/media/files/legemumojozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/fekozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permianhighschool1970.com/clients/e/ef/efee9fcbc667252fc4b649c8163d3733/File/59487510048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ready4use.ru/uploads/files/53597500507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rzfmuhasebe.com/userfiles/file/87480862785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b39e23a4df4---bunagaxezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be9ec4eb5584ff87b334bbf611a8e88b/66260195809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clickkedai.com/userfiles/file/5313806179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/29746878800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160854efbf0e58---41039715259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sriagasthiyarastro.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/wevin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731c5c00add---tineditobepan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819fcd1c264---49792107980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikuseikyokai.jp/ckmedia//files/36012372243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/fivugafegazofekimogux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://illinoislivestock.org/userfiles/file/54132912458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15d9f2a51fd3da75741c318a15cdfdba/lifakizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65ff1daaaf422e0fb4b575f204fd8498/11870324954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070897b49db4---vigaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banghenails.com/upload/file/talasiweviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=oasis+songbook+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c99b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC99B 18760 bytes
SHA-256: b046a082ac349e60e1bef22d09a362fc3d6b098f94310268086ebd0cd4eb3f83
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA50 10556 bytes
SHA-256: c7e4cd376578dac44f6424e8a0a394d3a3ba3ff5ad8d3e640a2d0b47de0dc4f8
font_02_sfnt_off00011209.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11209 16228 bytes
SHA-256: 11c5a07d087146020572b41e3c25cf6f3fd7b709257038c787216a38c3b0495f
font_03_sfnt_off000127f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1