Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ec8eaec34f672f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 06:43:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: a5314de70b5306c0c8298baae8afbc53 SHA-1: bdefcfc96f234c44b8094bbda424674777e1ea60 SHA-256: 7ec8eaec34f672f6dc4f91e04a0386e14f0181acb40b94d9ffa4e5f4279a8b92
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating it functions as a link farm. This is a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/881bffff3d6818a25b4dc7624fee6286/19959317962.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jobtiara.com/files/files/39858859103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b86d1a09bcd85abefd1c6f63cdd946be/zopulibixiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072792a97717---jotezax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f361d05baa62bd9ebbf0a236dddb8ba/4789139315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msamerica.net/clients/873634/File/14541207015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planetamama.ru/files/file/xuvegujakirenidelaful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94c2d5aecbff91b16ecb1b4205cf59e7/sigipodevagem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinziniering.com/userfiles/file/22354039756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movementlab.dk/userfiles/file/36069281902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50e7eaf75a8d207cfd1368d765a960e2/fererasejafevijeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adarshvidhyasankul.org/userfilesfile/soxaneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853b9317206---13377566003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k1a.ru/images/files/file/rojuvaredufefepoxoniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4crhn6loe4ql5i7lmtrflf2gc2/gojatabisobilulixowezoler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e1b4dc4c3d7476b1c168674eba29d67/pejixawov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sammycar.ch/sammy/sites/default/sammyfiles/newsletterfile/lolixikudejexilimomipugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f1992d675---vulaledebixeladazatos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/96445573727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mspchicagolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dusewatezonanemerexal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkirbilaw.com/userfiles/files/pagipogerax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cngwalk.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/jojodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c993611de48---fezedaguvagebilalogeber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=guild+wars+2+hero+points+mapPDF link annotation
    • http://crossfit28.com.s125853.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/32499157493.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_off0001476a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1476A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00015f81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F81 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 7a2ddd98ac235397b955e15a238d864691337d79b4673b3b7acb1f853373dd1c
font_02_sfnt_off000178f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x178F7 18044 bytes
SHA-256: 10be602363591880c8691bed8c33fc0e4e52ef26e70055994b7d516cd2eb2926