Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ec6a3cf0d49a314…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 11:11:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 80cee4e154b27941e1d4c37ee29a338f SHA-1: fe3abf4c24fd012ce8efbea63b0b4ceb9aaf4f9f SHA-256: 7ec6a3cf0d49a31402023daaf6507e6a57645689fed9f45d4cbe81e5d443d402
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous unknown URLs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic strongly support this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kf8qpgmg7b96li8nfc0vljpjo4/zovakinajajodolul.pdf
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff31107349---zaseferolavetilorasumeluj.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087199b585f7.pdf
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/32874280910.pdf
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa9d4uk78b08haid1ba82ll3r4/98449765926.pdf
    • http://myucmas.com/userfiles/file/lafobogofexejefovizu.pdf
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/7628259172.pdf
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811f47cc270---tepasaburijubinaj.pdf
    • https://sentinels.ro/userfiles/file/vukimavarewonoguku.pdf
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/fitadivodudadopepixi.pdf
    • http://irinaburmistrova.ru/files/kawizel.pdf
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ltg8kd602i66qqto230d3h0sm/rajibo.pdf
    • https://pensiuneavlasin.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q2j5e9tefbb231d6eaqicsgi5k/41552024612.pdf
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e68768272d6928ab2d1966269624f9b/wawunode.pdf
    • http://applexin.com/ttpsea/files/file/famunujuxudizuve.pdf
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/33291659525.pdf
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/54238413311.pdf
    • https://paperland.bg/uploads/file/9360376453.pdf
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0337b1e704e571108f35b05d5b9a9bd/58558507302.pdf
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210515184216392.pdf
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90d7ec35b5b559f151950838e424c442/96646827564.pdf
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a1kdc1olgg2rqd92lj0egjmc9/remubumupasolozotek.pdf
    • https://aneri12.eu/res/file/zolotawozozi.pdf
    • http://lateonsettay-sachs.org/userfiles/file/fesigoramezavefipixipis.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d592a215f---pezipunabero.pdf
    • http://cosonhuath.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/36654722225.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=dishonored+first+safe+code
    • 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_off0000f7c8.bin
0a5819f322ce5ee4c23b4d3a7c01417c167c11fdf1b6c8fddda848ad6b63b14b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7C8 17164 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000124c2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124C2 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013cd9.bin
fa19df199f6b653e9361f86eba1d81839fa1c10c0892f98f455455a4eed96c05
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CD9 10528 bytes