Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f7721589a0e8026…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:54:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e1a65e61a3b36123ac41a2aaf714252a SHA-1: 504d104c47941e0415ef19a61373eed0021f6224 SHA-256: 7f7721589a0e80268cc8f3002005794e82d5b47e03c54b977eebcf010b2032de
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm structure suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f2fb42033---mepeziwizizuzuwomajiwu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lekkermooi.nl/userfiles/file/jojigoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc94170464---nafomojakap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d84d6b13da0---18211698642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rebornfair.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210809_0461D2AF7C34A6E9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5f7a9717843477145fe028ce1803197/ripiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coevent.ru/upload/files/jafowupag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fratellilongoni.com/userfiles/files/piwuvapen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutaylamhet.com/storage/ckfinder/files/24237342365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiarsolutions.com/userfiles/file/vunerutopisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camphacement.vn/upload/files/fekuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf4f4dcc1d5---nikubaseranifikuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cascad-trans.ru/files/40584702584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stuarteisbrucklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/mefij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/munuvemigusevufilelixoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcpingie.be/public/files/mopujikelitutoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a57ca283000fd603c9ead08b329909a6/sevamizudexuvulisun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202105291617342722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f36f7c9cd8---44774136582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simsvizag.com/contentimages/file/75604164629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cravaluos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78293173678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willettelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gumagexavurufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/luxikorumel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kar360.com/resimler/files/49955901362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=conduction+and+convection+heat+transfer+pdfPDF 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_off0000f5cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5CD 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 2ec230a5a684a84bd297129d044ed8b011a9e101866ef0963e80aa307da807e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010eee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EEE 18428 bytes
SHA-256: 9315bd71da716b5a20623447c2ccdf22b1e220c47b2259e13fd8f074226cfcab
font_02_sfnt_off00013eac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EAC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1