Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e6741a566c7510b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-10-20 09:45:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: dfaa9542641d7af29e8035bcbb6ac53d SHA-1: 331b0bbcadea7074400262f07b760940254f0aab SHA-256: 7e6741a566c7510bc802928622d2174882b7ea2bffe94eac188addf378f33922
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of techniques used to deliver malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://ginzaramen.us/uploads/files/9675343487.pdf
    • http://kimsanghun.com/upload/userfiles/file/2021101849589976.pdf
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/94997071176.pdf
    • https://printjet.pl/pliki_user/File/levakuvurorewutivuzixajon.pdf
    • http://mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xifosezaro.pdf
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/19364398948.pdf
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ed691eb4d8---bawolepuxeku.pdf
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/kadokemonebidovejajuf.pdf
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134a4931ff68---bopoladabevusaf.pdf
    • http://parkety-patemal.sk/files/file/60387321154.pdf
    • https://balmbeach.hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/sagonikogufapigunakapisu.pdf
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161496cb6b00fe---vapevolixib.pdf
    • http://internationalnetworksolutions.net/files/
    • https://bongkartuantakur.com/contents/files/17966186058.pdf
    • http://classtool.info/upload/files/lesolerakonobenelewusi.pdf
    • http://pharmabiosolutions.com/filespath/files/20211013085632.pdf
    • http://studioassociatoemc.com/userfiles/files/nidomifasatom.pdf
    • https://alariel.be/userfiles/file/vefuv.pdf
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16167c8cf26416---toberupegikuziren.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1616669df5a55b---tenogo.pdf
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/83790213122.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161653f6f7cafa---gedewixodibiniwusek.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Gsjc/~3/UsNeCLCzgYg/uplcv?utm_term=actividades+para+ni%C3%B1os+autistas+de+3+a%C3%B1os
    • 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_off0000e285.bin
d96cf2cefaf345d86b86c494ff08efc5db105d412ce60f93fa53de072eabe42f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE285 10988 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbfc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBFC 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001140e.bin
1fa38a0067c715dd2be411a9733af3441d7e2849e3a4bbacbc4d3307f642fb08
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1140E 18556 bytes