Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f4789c30e96b3ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 04:07:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 74fc36d4aed59438590673138ebbb532 SHA-1: 71f111b26b60df70e85f8bce1ce870c83bfeda74 SHA-256: 7f4789c30e96b3ee1584409a97377940ec9b6ca1cfc8a6d0ebecd5aa55df6340
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of links pointing to compromised websites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the numerous external URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=all+non+metal+elements PDF link annotation
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bf72eef9804474a2dafdb7597a57f82/kasojukomete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d68ba3257b---fafesisevavituf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95eefa82cac70d755830ea364c15315c/40904484980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pppl4nq72av15v73j5l1399374/fumadugotivabafox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b54d30715c455366674a1ffd80548c1c/16669917561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be1893090af---litowemujizanazumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cfb1e34a05---kipavolivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/zewul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c272cfbd7bd---wafupamemabulakoxetuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/sudopub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070948f238ca---34972922216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/190kb73ovmcs8d3ku0ulm7e7en/25409432448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ada7a91244d---53397058099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ed0493645db45cccbab8ebf90487f94/dapavilafafel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.pl/upload/xiliwesazuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/obituxokimesuwetun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777bfcd59bc---xojarubezozemoxubulotafop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fb20739d1f707edf1e0821306b5ae61/21163239568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://licausi.it/userfiles/files/97443080936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyperasp.net/userfiles/file/2507396656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maturana.cl/upload/file/nuzekonode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074f99eb6bfc---78774087541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70il9krkom0r689aahmf8rgoif/92279404867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e27c708bd771562794918162c69af98d/10339143702.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_off0000e78e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE78E 17248 bytes
SHA-256: 121a299b6c242cc28a2b61bc8ef755528299c8782641c8573449ebe10e9c708b
font_01_sfnt_off000114ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012cc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CC5 10056 bytes
SHA-256: 834bc8876f5be4087adcb4476f291393bdb309f34da4b93d735632255d5cccb6