Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e6f271a05907337…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-07-14 09:03:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 3b97929e3b353602b2b85716c9e98321 SHA-1: 0519ce9605d918cb96261f37b490c09e4d4275c0 SHA-256: 7e6f271a05907337f24cdc0a4700bb63d6440feb5852aab7847b0db37dd9009a
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest the document is intended to lead users to phishing sites or download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6032

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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=password+for+form+16+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7352bee819---50102810565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smolensk-bakaleya.ru/userfiles/file/85893673485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41fd6a8eafbcaefc1cf57309a381c4d8/39283762703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5447b8e6787ea9e8a619f246f9f305fc/21837781055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/tewelepalogejidiwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazosilikatnn.ru/uploads/files/50326639230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/961cec6de9fd1adb52d6bf15c5b5d478/16248443247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiorenzuolatrack.it/userfiles/files/sowutelorab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788604a9365---xunaveviwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhinflatable.com/upload/file/sanovuboxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0ceff50939---joritusepakoseludotit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingprocess.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/5671476181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f41218fb0---texawezuleporomasak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4e3dd72fc8---29862320277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d06d95db2961b6866bfd5994945da6cb/nasulowoxadepem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metaglas.kr/userData/board/file/kapegogigagugijenoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcf11b9f39e2081238679aa8fc6ca8b6/5136400815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbab546789ab8ea5720f78378d572ee0/74810189548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e9443491774---61266966283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c78ba353bb---givudogobigolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f06c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF06C 17376 bytes
SHA-256: b3125b4c2c570fff7098eb6d35aa703795657aa5706e5f6bfbdf800bda7d1bce
font_01_sfnt_off00011e08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E08 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1