Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7fa9ebe7b6cd88f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

128.6 KB Created: 2021-07-06 06:29:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 0a1c5a12d56d3dc399f6ef394ecfcf1a SHA-1: 9ac7a3b1be78229271cafbf9cdfb94e6cea4b72a SHA-256: 7fa9ebe7b6cd88f13e20a94837c793cc0292ab7358f9c0015c76d027cd9684fe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites, acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing sites or download further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct content clues.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9823

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 http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6tvl02nkc1i6h2uh4o41rddc17/59933970887.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c998f864d8---nebew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pekingtogo.com/uploads/files/96399587564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/irmgjvul9a4pbegsbin1p4nvpb/wixotinuxatukizulilekife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auburn-properties.com/userfiles/files/sowoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/xatetekewojuzag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metrocars.london/survey/userfiles/files/55977577197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heureka-cz.eu/files/10760274081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/849e43b0399be06cdbf0581029513e2d/27935923878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a468277979b---97258848457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42c1dhzaq5aeb.com/userfiles/files/nejezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a15acfdc95bc4a434620110bcb309c4a/zowepisedipaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/37664663267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ef04a4947b23a1b8a8e0e4589233690/vafaluxibegomagemore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7fa3884fc3---32045414170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hrgdtsdk9snp9fvl20qmcmksl3/butanokesutupexumaxaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d53f982fe---jakimexevibasewofuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db151b6df09b0ee039cc91c7b0e04760/mimim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3iv8ek2p4ojeldkcvo14trv30/mubutolepejikuzixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/51452011438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/modutobofekiwinuvibovuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c251a32dff9---65352589148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=my+lucky+number+is+9+what+does+it+meanPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00016875.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16875 2944 bytes
SHA-256: 93e03d909c19fa86b1bb2720b42a038356853f2eb132b7f880431b688bf64494
font_01_sfnt_off000174a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x174A1 21552 bytes
SHA-256: d8288ca1ed4739d2e018d898f8495c546b4291981c37568eccc66cfb5aa36e07
font_02_sfnt_off0001ab15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AB15 16308 bytes
SHA-256: 9c5f6cc294fd929a96fdc03a6d7abc1dcbc31f2fe0ee4601d481e6a8eb299e3f
font_03_sfnt_off0001c14a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C14A 11328 bytes
SHA-256: 22472f133da23541b3fa7037e3c39f7055bf447b88748d19933db1eb7edd58c6
font_04_sfnt_off0001dbe0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DBE0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1