Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ea2f6bcfdd1a919…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-17 22:10:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 8c169a34a0ab5935fa28ee8fe7002b1e SHA-1: a3677302d3fde4bef265bc43f8f7686d51a5ab2b SHA-256: 7ea2f6bcfdd1a919d6fcb2d5cf01946b4a7052f4ecc1f8066869b59174beebfb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+search+text+messages+by+date+on+android PDF link annotation
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rf7pblkbu9f4ailhf9bbp8okc3/81297142615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myparrotfood.com/user_files/files/38494149196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stmrcstvm.com/userfiles/file/68916811474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eyela.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/tatesitojuvirageduriza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourtruck.be/upload/ckeditor/file/84069893608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wuyioutdoor.com/userfiles/file/39000383960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burstallconrad.com/editor_files/file/xuzesevebomadoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbtele.com/en/cache/fck_files/file/61424082903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/1837471961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitecuador.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/futizakebikebapib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteservices.com/FCKeditor/userimages/file/17478193576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea126e02e0b746af986406b2729a1927/8833728635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawrenceyezersky.com/userfiles/file/xipumetenetetote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135177bc0052---jiwutejojuwulutupadog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maytinhdalat.vn/images/uploads/files/zatejabidesanovunufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hexema.com/FCKeditor/file/43878043720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doktor-ara.com/userfiles/files/27703823440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibinetweek.ru/userfiles/file/67357095172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bluewhaleline.com/image/upload/File/wusevemavavofidafepiwuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aloisiquadri.it/userfiles/files/917386805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariasangiacomo.it/userfiles/files/jolutuwelokeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613041db30907---zepisixoweratokevisabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationshield.ae/userfiles/files/18793750406.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_off0000d495.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD495 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECAC 11204 bytes
SHA-256: 8760b015d776e2e8a0e94bb867ee9ade9018acd34d733cb1020e837f6e358776
font_02_sfnt_off0001069c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1069C 17772 bytes
SHA-256: c425b41850ab6ab766bac5896e7b750287ee0488b0204111f5feb3b6c1c36d26