Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ec42a53f22960fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-05 05:48:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 2b78ecd8b94bf5149a3ed0c239a09801 SHA-1: e47098b587404c240c8b7627eb62498f786d8aca SHA-256: 7ec42a53f22960fa7a75a6fb5349d50844dd8e6225ad3b1ddb7cf24a04380688
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to 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 related to phishing or SEO spam. No scripts were extracted, but the structure itself is the attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98d8337310d2abb46cf274bc5f822c90/47487379642.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bcd1ca03b97bc43d7a20ebe29c3053d/36698497106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d1b0a1e4d1---69353490530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35ff81e96a5e2ac228284a945cad9622/jinivifonavefok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a60c107870---sumasorivagulujizotuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac8f36b8b82---luridimanijoberexim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e11dab45226---rufirowutax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monuments-msk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f5b67c2b51120b1faf36954ca284a3e/zejoxetamobolokikodufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d52aa7843c71e60ec64261d046190278/kusiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rivaxuririnosani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b12714363ca3b9d765ce846958faa55/19858489473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76006fd3c274acae6ff0bb54cfd6bc53/45430574150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081dd8f00cab---livemumukejasukinufotili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3ee328ae80---temusinejizuwifikimis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f34d813fe8---59964423697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sllight.ru/design/img/upload/file/zedujejubul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gq20gcbms0rnk1pp9jdmslbcf5/89320538126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/kirerikebogig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c1c10ee0c---legibugigubosudujunixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ss3jb6l1afjfrv7fc7u28t38e0/gisapebogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s2r1v3hkjq18b4eh0o8lqjc7pl/zuvekus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/dazexupen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fszhenjia.com/upfolder/e/files/20210703114436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca62066c36---sowoluvasakufuvig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=find+an+equation+of+a+line+with+2+pointsPDF 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_off0000e8b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000100c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100C7 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 08a22c8d42956a9e9f7f1aede58276ec3fd67b8e0c63a903e63fb13e8da81220
font_02_sfnt_off000119e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119E0 16960 bytes
SHA-256: 131328163c69eebc97475c3c008a7280ed3f551dd6f68db85589c2db08edf160