Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e2772aab8012e0a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 17:48:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: cc4709a77bbebf6cc8682b80727c9561 SHA-1: 00a739af6bc22664a7efb907897225e1626c5862 SHA-256: 7e2772aab8012e0a111e6f3650f2d5b42a62c4b0fa1eefb2711d6988186675f6
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting it's designed to host and distribute malicious files. The presence of multiple URLs on disposable or compromised hosting indicates an attempt to obscure the true origin of the payload and evade detection. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure suggests a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a074c4072b---lonipawakuwixow.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://washlounge.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56532953588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f12c798b8b44e2ee5085f7a253e4ce97/korofazidonikidewafifadol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olboihorgaszto.hu/editor_up2/puvezuvexowux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.terresdescaraibes.fr/file/89034899692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aagkbrca3apkgkee0a1bi.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23645512925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shibbirs.com/media/files/40878358967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nena-artspace.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fesanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6dee1acd1d83f7e8c41188ba492e7d5/vadoketaniresidifideb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jessie.vn/images/ckeditor/files/34024950229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rajpuc.pl/pics/file/76902970942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zenithmetals.com/files/xavovosedub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rutka.pl/media/upload/files/e65bfb5dc32cdf888ac9e054e5f1db26.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/177b697bceeb1cf02abedb0cb6f31b28/wijeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://websteravelandscaping.com/editorData/file/74369004147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osmed.cz/app/webroot/files/files/45658682793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketex.com/trcgp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bowuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161314ec8d97c0---91647754032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsfci.com/userfiles/file/dutuxegokepofixiwewibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/dasizosulugulonij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altaamir.ipixpms.com/Rapport/public/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/surux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/dagolosiganubugajum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161307a3a358e8---71210703208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insfilings.com/skyzone_classic/upload/files/tixas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ce7754b1a9ca60de5e9399cb01459ea/6992024733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://workinhotel.com/upload/fckfile/xowemotogusodanusar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=iso+windows+10+pro+x64PDF 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_off0000ea96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA96 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000102a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102A8 17896 bytes
SHA-256: c7e94dd90f797bc62d7f8c079e438d2efc736b0c97475a86b46bf7c38aa31ed1
font_02_sfnt_off00013159.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13159 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 44c157836b848fff9e1968f0aff4fb9c43a2061021e6d60cf2c99b790ce986a2