Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e6f575f597d8d8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 23:23:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 3b7e85d3420345b68edf1df67d36d828 SHA-1: 6b4e488091f01fb6c484b54ce3ba95937a81ffbb SHA-256: 7e6f575f597d8d8dc3c3824de917b5f26313f7847a0023df100aeeedef80920d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of numerous external links, including those hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The heuristic 'SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON' further supports a lure-based attack pattern, aiming to trick users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+mobdro+on+firestick PDF link annotation
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d219f515c5766e625f76df747d6196de/76112755856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benedictinoselrosal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nadekunimeraturodanuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9abaafc9a623bf24015956cacfef2fb4/12386090748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puntoagricoltura.it/file/38828681332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duancanhotot.com/upload/files/37133678855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ef6ca8cfd96620e4ea6d4e84f83ab01/87849373786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/madexizetepugini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084390087ad3---lazivivuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r10gvo9ifq84gnnrejshflqqq2/kijikojasodik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1600ab180---89612409287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acadaccc88e---59014118608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc83bae5225---fasolarodajim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolfingnaples.com/clients/a/a5/a5422f62036d2d393d866963e902351c/File/tuparoxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmatik.com/uploads/file/paleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samsung-service-center.ru/uploads/files/95888866536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3bd24c5239---wakoxogukiliti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d2cc925d15---gosozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ef311af2e---kitiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085dc342f6bc---27204177822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/56314003074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d02bde22d7---bimumasekikozuvigol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/98841844009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f865.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF865 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001107c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1107C 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 71cbabd9c7d32943cfa2a1773cef0e8d4b65117911473cae424437c001555c2d
font_02_sfnt_off00012997.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12997 17652 bytes
SHA-256: 5a0bfe0610d8e2d34aea1ece1f36c0e7d24a3016d88d93a415ee423d0d7aefac