Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e4cfe92dec0324f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 12:18:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 776bbc04b921dddd910fd4a2bf653be4 SHA-1: 0945b919ca0fa880eada67fdebb1df8c3da9c3e3 SHA-256: 7e4cfe92dec0324f9e5b8ed221d47cab19c98c33be4ccd58f794e4cb54e12ca4
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_ADVANCE_FEE_SCAM_LURE' indicates the document's content is likely a lure for an advance-fee scam, aiming to trick users into downloading further malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Advance-fee lottery/parcel scam lure high SE_ADVANCE_FEE_SCAM_LURE
    Document contains lottery/beneficiary or prize language together with large-value draft/funds wording and parcel/courier delivery requirements. This is a classic advance-fee fraud document shape.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=skype+for+samsung+galaxy+s
    • https://onecre.com/images/content/files/31258591320.pdf
    • https://tekdalyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/68909718939.pdf
    • https://basisangka.com/contents/files/73733233433.pdf
    • http://hotelpenza58.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mevedesal.pdf
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f33016160356a3b1d122f67fc33b8e49/ronefiridisufananu.pdf
    • http://dc-42351dc5a6b3.prshots.es/uploads/userfiles/1630493241/files/gupidofenagajufiwazejeziv.pdf
    • http://messtores.ca/fck_user_files/file/97195494802.pdf
    • https://egca.fr/userfiles/file/feduwigepi.pdf
    • https://bahceneryaman.net/public/content-images/files/mixonubakegewur.pdf
    • http://iuoooo.com/filespath/files/20210901042809.pdf
    • http://guanzhuli.com/userfiles/file/47716986456.pdf
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/64052884775.pdf
    • http://hodinovysoused.cz/upload/file/97275286062.pdf
    • http://tythb.cn/uploadfile/files/52436281108.pdf
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cc0b12483e---69715843982.pdf
    • http://fecoil.com/userfiles/file/vofog.pdf
    • https://mcq.bmtinhoc.vn/InteriorWeb/images/images_news/files/lulijefabe.pdf
    • http://houselandia.ru/files/fubimapitelilibikaveremo.pdf
    • http://favourtec.com/attachment/file/bunerutusoxepeloduboloki.pdf
    • https://kaowei.tw/image/files/20210913_024727.pdf
    • https://ruta.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15169038091.pdf
    • http://www.alfapilates.pl/upload/file/dorada.pdf
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/liwojemofazir.pdf
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161381993cd724---77649089116.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_off0000e014.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE014 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f82b.bin
fb01d7d8e72ff1bba86f285c7d45513ee0ec59a810a2feb9530a4058f23bb082
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF82B 10996 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000111c0.bin
e50b2c0159bf3b5a8db41535c17303b3df78305d63dece294da7203e40ce7eca
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111C0 17696 bytes