Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e7b1000ba0f7b8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.3 KB Created: 2021-07-05 05:07:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: d5c29080f677ddbc6568844a8843fe17 SHA-1: 0e801d97ad065511fbbbafad16c578bc362e6803 SHA-256: 7e7b1000ba0f7b8f3e90fdf9caf96c0d16ff7711bff0c51fb1636b96eedb1627
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. Static analysis revealed numerous embedded links pointing to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://kme-kme.cz/files/file/13462528731.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd09929ed0b9577427a15f2fc7eb86e5/runuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e0fa44010c60023469b1c7b1ab0eaa5/35216340220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/16248399740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb10c7d8e8e---44511328768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lenaoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/rekobofuwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k2blt7mv4obtto09ua5etodgb0/favugegafonetemiwumimujud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d53079c001a9027f3fe743b663e199e1/46174280044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/olg8ldpk29eicssqqq0v50v3m5/50767373696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tajebezimolapenip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wepadozefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/1372432364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lungtransplantopen.com/clients/d/de/de7cc03d42bda6b8b84c8ac9728529bb/File/jipobumeribumamolezuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13e3668aa0d3c13c12a9f5772bdc56f3/jozoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1573dc134---fedavalejujotofibigifij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/397e88e7c9cd8f2ad477283a75709f08/38512364805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fn3a1rlftk9rnjm6m4nqp9rpto/suxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609295be73f06---99309333284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotstamping.pl/files/file/32839383793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avela.md/userfiles/file/78225183242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e130f7c61a---vivarunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+swimming+pool+lengths+in+a+milePDF link annotation
    • 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_off00011fcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FCF 16676 bytes
SHA-256: 40f7386eee270c3873dad1394f185a82372b9e399992874d0ada16c27e399629
font_01_sfnt_off00014ad7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AD7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000162ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x162EE 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 21cc945d521d4ddf61ee36c8f59dfa29cd62c49f28678947d3209b38d214f629