Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e868476c5886be6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

165.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 16:44:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 62f75976d672b1aab88ecdcfaefa8a24 SHA-1: 7a725dd37a57f786c542fac3e5b254a2d7ab1ccf SHA-256: 7e868476c5886be6a858a821ec74e4f2d35bf16b1136d6939be5d2f870a4195f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised websites or domains that appear to be disposable. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm on potentially compromised CMS uploads suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9903

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 https://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=employee+resilience+meaning PDF link annotation
    • http://almar-bus.pl/userfiles/file/13006669239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c246094f4d7---dopewepevesupov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6a39ee4fc6b63999a1f98e76399df59/lifurexuzafonumabovuvilar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h7t0ffr3ue7l30kf9n37isqf86/20552134402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drukarnia-skawina.pl/app/webroot/media/files/dedenejevuvomubizonopar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/18997737225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5dcac5d1b---80591818331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/kajevowepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc2996cf76---zudatowoxogirumupawoxifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833224cd251---13729229063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8c03b7c8c---resibuzajogajewozazotef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b6f3033877---74186379170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bd01f4866602a94ce44189665efd2ab/92809783841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c16e88e07f5---dilupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840583caee2---xuwajuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/susago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/189e084a09ab1a1f85cc39813a1c120b/wuwugumemobawewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15afd5b77589dec61bd48028eb9261dc/57467699778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vsu1fmi6vhu38d82jgmju1q0nl/68518505743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tekkoo.net/images/library/File/81769453379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://market-oborudovanie.ru/upload/file/65398349387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa86259c1da---52568082730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bbf221f0a727acc7973ff52531667f5/vofefafibigeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607417de84258---71106618412.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_off00022503.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22503 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 70eadf7aeb4e785144566d637e0d1db8db47e20d77c9995732221ebde6621991
font_01_sfnt_off00023d97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x23D97 19184 bytes
SHA-256: ca4dc6af6583d0189775af633f725dbf92e96b121e0200bcd21a22d9644ce8d3
font_02_sfnt_off00026f0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x26F0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1