Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f0e492bd77b9864…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:58:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ac2273cc1434f0559f73581c79d0a365 SHA-1: 727eb012d008bec999e7a8c22cf0843371f400f4 SHA-256: 7f0e492bd77b986423a3b53f969157f9088b796fce148f81577af981abce0804
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings and URL analysis reveal a link farm strategy.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aj59scrs0cd5r6il4396n0v1jf/kiriwejuliwa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cadeco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/90479288747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1bc0bca0e---sozazulevifasufonijugewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meruzhankhachatryan.com/app/webroot/files/file/12095621480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096039365e41---81346775818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tisuputih.com/contents/files/89013399726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasaitogo.com/uploads/files/95079366661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796bf3e9b70---mupowavuzixuvadejerigeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhleisure.com/ckupload/files/sonoxuzop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hits87trmsn2nehnis0dv2uug8/rugiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polytex.de/sites/default/files/48037045337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202105241012511909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rarahil.org.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33520336753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1e4ea73e91---40346515118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075eba37001c---juxexife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorapeyzaj.com/userfiles/file/lavabafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanmarinreunion.com/clients/c/c0/c0747301521b2fcd71a0106c9132c7e7/File/xudufizanemugebabokofefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-pasz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50968742650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedcollisionrepair.com/home/cert/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10046484965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4hs9sb08ea6ihk62u3agonlg8a/bopexonosodofibinat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santehnika34.ru/images/file/falozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btegypt.com/file/72920209188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.com/userfiles/file/20210824170047_1109535060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decaiyun.com/upload/file/210709063605896344wdutnzz6antp.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5981d27f0d243be9848c70e63adddc4/tikeboloxifujolinediv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samoinstitute.mn/uploads/assets/file/7415740389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=convertir+archivos+pdf+a+ppt+online+gratisPDF 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_off0000b677.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB677 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE89 15748 bytes
SHA-256: 1b71f18371b7b4667feebb1bc4a34ee714086fb2a9afabb30c0456f43286096f
font_02_sfnt_off0000f643.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF643 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 0efc6a4e99b1b53ca3f9e130f3daf99b843a33911c34ea92e2767121265cd601