Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f8fd9d9e7c68f27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 07:15:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 99512dd59567aedb680c65f7c558c7f8 SHA-1: b207679a9c0de7dda8d7961fe3f1dbb5fd79bb2d SHA-256: 7f8fd9d9e7c68f2784b7e6946818194f7c864cce8378dd7c794f4418036bd694
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the link farm and the detection as a trojan indicate a malicious intent to lure users to external, potentially harmful, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9811

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a541279f894---87634739753.pdf
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609af7e22b38d---85326477673.pdf
    • http://kimhoatra.com/upload/fckimagesfile/zosuxorabirel.pdf
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac92eb7ff1a---javodigefozutetidedi.pdf
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/26121816979.pdf
    • http://vantaibactrungnam.vn/upload/files/makugirov.pdf
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1823de3fb---savagir.pdf
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kugr2u2thjko6m5k2apgfm7o2p/14341178188.pdf
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1f38a14d52---34553886746.pdf
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/zejipexe.pdf
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tcag40li8ninrj7ilblp85sc5k/65829153538.pdf
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l2ab28hjeduoef5rvn87li14p5/zenaladidipu.pdf
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1eva6d4kitlf1lu658blnrdnl/wuxifusiwebabefipi.pdf
    • https://blindnow.com/userfiles/file/mexizadesonoli.pdf
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bae50567e2d---besedopetozemunofafamo.pdf
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2jceaeu4nvegask4doonohvlqr/49723388443.pdf
    • https://dienlanhhonganh.com/images/pic/file/bonotesukexasites.pdf
    • http://pantryscan.com/123cars/imagefck/file/vajiwinujetabiwumefafone.pdf
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfe581e900---69309962970.pdf
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607487fac99f9---saselodogozifibuseg.pdf
    • http://jonkmp.nl/img/cms/file/wobuwujobijiba.pdf
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d316e5d7b---telopojuj.pdf
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/28812046002.pdf
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090024bdc20f---pabonepemoxu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=yak+in+tamil+meaning
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off0000d09d.bin
034693e3e1edbf6360da1d4719ae90cdbe5a2d98c79b96f9a3865d15e0334a2e
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xD09D 19908 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f230.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF230 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010a47.bin
404889fe52d42f2c41d94f815871d793fc22d1f09b9f9c69c5467121b1d3b21d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A47 10140 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000120d2.bin
2e4533e2fe7c605c7a7c1ef9d6197e5d44f7edd6484d5523c0d767412514b6ef
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120D2 3964 bytes
font_04_sfnt_off00012fde.bin
a5d1d4bf63bed37e6783091cce330dd8744463f0c3762995496782de604e9527
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FDE 27700 bytes