Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ede941d9e0a2b01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-20 17:24:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5c5194aab3c740ba2c03834196c2ee86 SHA-1: 663a5134e5a83b2e59c5113a807aacac2dcc6ead SHA-256: 7ede941d9e0a2b01bf5b0d1ab0957aa0b4d4c87b905c6d878aea071bba51d717
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards a spearphishing attachment, likely leading to a second-stage download from one of the compromised domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8e75459908---90990072333.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4801b1f209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s4i6r9p5l7oof07qvc20he98k7/32548788161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607385a23727b---ludobozikolajojuwiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chatsworth72.com/clients/5/53/532ec3c8dc0e95779814939736d4df6d/File/56568393128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakedua.com/contents//files/fowimafukexomeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c07739d8c85---gujav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/damazekobejofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rgbugg5ghqtjrcd03q01l8djr2/xuvozok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/folujutugurasajujominuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuakeobinhduong.com/upload/files/73469575744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5435ada990---dowosikuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095f00cb01df---zugorirebemusokufanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/tupowenuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f72676f224---19471477639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/59228313362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607873cdb8083---nitene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df7032a8e0---35427102399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosvag.ru/img/lib/file/wumaveketozofeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscartridge.com/pic/24870214697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgt.eu/uploads/file/kolasulumavomulajeranidej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f00kgvvpf7demalq813ief5n3/togiwesarajavov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iqmuseum.mn/uploads/files/37418084879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd098b81ebb877893337ec10d3717aad/babodatuxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=does+being+a+co+borrower+help+your+creditPDF 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_off0000ebb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBB3 11232 bytes
SHA-256: 4d79ca41cc50a67bac79011c40aea05a1ad3647e13086361c146e9f2d2a81671
font_01_sfnt_off000105a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011db4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DB4 16660 bytes
SHA-256: a3e604422f4829323fb0f82b565480d6db794c9732fb1082b1f81601a1e8d551