Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e9b822c484071b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 00:21:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b1702db9453ccf9c36159bb4760daaa1 SHA-1: f2c63a58a95098b12db281a8e32f9a6a58b10db2 SHA-256: 7e9b822c484071b966c6d03148dbbc6185182f2b753ab91dca8a731b8201cc4a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cd42ed25bab44a9e1f8a85996d14e9f/bunixuzavipamofewijemu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f05bb829b650e06a23955e26132d5a4/misog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d56fe5c7bc---somonovawowekup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungdvmklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/piruladomojof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27ht8etm5ur02feqhnd1sorrgi/somupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086408adc298---sevixifivotojujiragukira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fc6eec7bc57d8460dd099f5020f6b4d/kalizoxujazenozig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucchetta.net/userfiles/files/wogegozuvadita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.channeloflove.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/maxuwamozekegibenax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wf515345.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/kokoliva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinag7furniture.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/16259162343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hajnysport.cz/FCK_userfiles/file/11076282271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dtohjk7u6rmcufthbfdo41bdqi/76206613237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b99e71a63---jadivewokifaruvajuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e4686c467c91eff162a202262f3c42c/misaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/29161225368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g81gtrujgrb2ng73gjbqi2ssm6/57419271344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b1df8a1b9d3858ef0d75aebf5685a02/80920022495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3219ce7aa9ea9d4de0befee1403205d6/63586718075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seabeachthailand.com/UserFiles/file/62227898563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/28737939885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mediawerf.nl/bundles/store24backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rutituzam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehigh86.com/clients/13680/File/xalikufejijuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://truthtube.com/UserFiles/file/27024364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ac28fec5a9b6d42e458caa6df6ab19a/warasejifenewirosafesuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=graph+30+homeopathyPDF 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_off0000dc09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC09 10556 bytes
SHA-256: fc5cda41cfe08a555d0a4550038e5cb2041a255ad698b147585f619fc7f295fb
font_01_sfnt_off0000f42b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF42B 18240 bytes
SHA-256: 31dbe051c6a4ccc9b95fa187771ffed7eb974870c91426e1d156ca4cac4a1be2
font_02_sfnt_off00012255.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12255 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1