Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e3c0480896d3665…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-08-01 01:31:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a5f46f86f65fbef43cd6a82c6bfd2483 SHA-1: 6159c7b13bc6d118b12b0ede0bbcec0b4b37a378 SHA-256: 7e3c0480896d3665fcafb76e22f3d23ba133f9e7e57058d98c47f566ac159be1
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a link farm and the ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a lure to download a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8f24fc75f4---sonisovepinuxawekidimow.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://schule.havonix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/putamusuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b83486710b0---12938073226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8d2d2a6e55---79514597249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b4e78d8ce---37352430223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4d6b09e3f228a343f7a36b065b552f8/18959735330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/4531792847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a65ade6948c0451d652eaee5fe4fead/kasibamumimizaziraval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hglobaltourb2c.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210620_2E1B97388A5D883C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87676908222685ca39c8c1ff58c9cddd/12417641611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1394c8417e---84113837590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxmeterthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22456172194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/57463062708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhtindesign.vn/uploads/image/files/veluteza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fadee599cc2---vajobinuvixekizovomunavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/shjmin320avain57ei66qag4dm/8048477077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramsteinroyals.com/clients/e/e6/e68fa2bc61b75b8a06766e25905052c7/File/rotofawolap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uamarkets.com/images/file/36844785314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhsclassof68.com/clients/73441/File/80000388682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef74fc0420---miwejup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0c2586394ddad608df9c8bd225cdb50/64568190032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8dd2075dde---nomilavizol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=mxq+pro+4k+s905x+firmware+update+2018+downloadPDF 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_off0000f589.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF589 12060 bytes
SHA-256: 6438ad5684764eb9cfa02d5151252888b50b0f25e27ad3fc7b8840968aab64b2
font_01_sfnt_off0001129c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1129C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012aae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AAE 18848 bytes
SHA-256: 1dd5f648aaeb82974ad2d9f6a64dadd58a821bbe47382a3fc6f0c62cdb6206a3