Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82c7a54f4ae7ac87…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.6 KB Created: 2021-07-22 16:10:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f16bf57ddb5802074f0ede298964ae08 SHA-1: 1721861e582f106c4969affd1afe95a4124980be SHA-256: 82c7a54f4ae7ac87efd070600fd7fc4790bdd5df06eb8e65098212b5dd6cc496
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics strongly suggest this is a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sgnu036kbftr0qc95njf2p8f05/resegejanefivegur.pdf
    • https://mecaniquekd.ca/upload/file/33337273888.pdf
    • https://www.reachcast.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c19a96d76296252ea9113d177af82fb/90806491873.pdf
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761a54f11e2---99414942206.pdf
    • http://mexvp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nibapokedejowajinezakuwa.pdf
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eec7f5771a89b82c365344a48cbfcd0/69800597572.pdf
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e086c60ea7---15710777400.pdf
    • http://prime-standard.com/piceditor/file/88607719369.pdf
    • https://omnistopbollards.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jugogojurokew.pdf
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u46te81s1k1vdtdfou7261p765/48662531661.pdf
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f9bfe18be---kebitovokuvife.pdf
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0446020653---bonajixinogodabiwekatiji.pdf
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l3mi38j2mjpf159ihn3d5j44u2/xofuzuretifobozudopab.pdf
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733b89d0fa5---2553201344.pdf
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a6671487f---kuviwuro.pdf
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9pi7m0ghmid3ggvf2lmhnf0u86/73928529399.pdf
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df8a2c09edf---xobofuxatu.pdf
    • http://www.tahi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bidowatigitavekupiloxumi.pdf
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/files/rigelaludozumepovawifot.pdf
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nors16luh3qabec028gm6ikog7/98190447207.pdf
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6c98773b3f---56326261171.pdf
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779222c2cde---52789519962.pdf
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/20166144068.pdf
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f76fee839d5---nabarugegep.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=causes+of+hyperthermia+in+adults
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011345.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11345 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012b5c.bin
8d3a3f8cd6ebe29094e7f8874de4f8577db82e21779c458f4dab562a5dbae694
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B5C 11008 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000144ca.bin
8ff1bdef5212aa93cdb5059d5f1a66536a96befe2f2df700133b9ee38d25ee28
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144CA 17224 bytes