Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ea961dee4722eec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 08:43:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ae81b510edde42a784eb3e28dcbeecd0 SHA-1: 0ae5be9510103ccd14735d9b7f35c95c1b6d043d SHA-256: 7ea961dee4722eecef33510bdc54052ad3be3db1087ebf34761a0db58d709e62
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to trick users into downloading a malicious payload. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL findings suggest a phishing lure designed to facilitate the download of a secondary malicious file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1jpj6p9vrt0cf15nt09fb45vfo/50912843160.pdf
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd8e8ba6d994d442a7ef258ee889af45/47101832413.pdf
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799a1836683---totekefagula.pdf
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3827f2889275249aa78060ccd9aa66dd/50743923087.pdf
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/99444460149.pdf
    • http://cerrutistudio.eu/userfiles/files/39656262334.pdf
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61ec46065043973245bf57222b423dbf/satopojaj.pdf
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/rutev.pdf
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608758ef71719---furukewogamazidiz.pdf
    • http://gibisch.org/files/files/12934326588.pdf
    • http://bona-agra.pl/Upload/file/17354179590.pdf
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb21debeaf75e7cd83573760c6a664be/penevepojudaso.pdf
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a07149ab0c2---8949722463.pdf
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cef8e6586753bd8a3850d63d01f67673/pexixo.pdf
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4999e2d6c31eb87d5b4f2ee48ddd5dd/xojelepalulukuwerumiredul.pdf
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a347a539f---62613044338.pdf
    • http://studiomanzetti.it/userfiles/files/48925099959.pdf
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fb5a5965e78a09fdc6deebb0c2bd326/46209810050.pdf
    • https://kristinanamaste.eu/files/nobolezikevadolonasux.pdf
    • https://ph2020.org/FCKeditor/file/zexakewos.pdf
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb067ec01cc---gozidafakoxufa.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc4ab6cbb0---nelemikagefasuroxu.pdf
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d584d8a67872f16b0dea860b1728d6fd/13964597458.pdf
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcb8ec7f465---33154596052.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=wifi+802.11+n+driver+for+windows+7
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ec96.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC96 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000104ad.bin
3908304e39b3fc10eaf586971307b66781c21fb3c1ca88b1f8a401f31d999ead
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104AD 10804 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011ddd.bin
8c9e7f995ae971d6fa6c553b946919510ea937e3527b92c781fc5b026ee19fd0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DDD 17204 bytes