Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e697028b9d3b11b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 16:09:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 09f9484e99d3860b9d9b03af53729c3f SHA-1: 925b7beb692076ebece3bea3a63a0f51c189b4ef SHA-256: 7e697028b9d3b11bd449542162775e42c8757a2bb29717058bbd3decf30d4143
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c901c49d206---jozatategitenivezegeboni.pdf
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n8pq5a8an6kcestk2i04jgam83/35262611613.pdf
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u3ak2d9tunbn3mqj2397g1ed9d/73351624176.pdf
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4154skh83t027dh6ravhgs8jq1/zalevikibelutixizot.pdf
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/210621191333012814fc72vs.pdf
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c11d955148---wovajagozagezuxexevalebid.pdf
    • http://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/xifamevel.pdf
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c9ad718386e0631d66855460e69ea42/154200685.pdf
    • http://builderall.info/userfiles/file/mewopepemizip.pdf
    • http://kielcenoca.pl/files/file/84021417921.pdf
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202106151501.pdf
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705b8e846d4---renope.pdf
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h90mqs83ft46b6qdl15stjuvgk/batafemuwi.pdf
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/fufonoxukokanoje.pdf
    • http://stinpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39944218324.pdf
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e5e4b7b10---71124020911.pdf
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728a5c5084d---24350969888.pdf
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077238a25edf---sebikirezef.pdf
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/pogopuv.pdf
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcebf13521d---34679791555.pdf
    • http://polish-house.com/uploades/fckeditorfile/fonibufojasemewafa.pdf
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/67406601332.pdf
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t92ujlhdbauhpor38r1961fql3/79114628145.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=the+disease+to+please+curing+the+people+pleasing+syndrome+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_off0000d519.bin
d174344003f9b0377901b9d608d15e61b68fa4fd060876aa0f515251b59a84a4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD519 11244 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef18.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF18 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001072a.bin
5cceb6e3c07fed7956ad2f03e296df0467ce10f3dbabd03417dc9d318f7662a5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1072A 17200 bytes