Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7441a767448a07d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:34:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f2c2054cb6d134b81581b787c220a369 SHA-1: 3277c6b0dbd65de9a843153a47edf54fb9e08eaf SHA-256: a7441a767448a07df2ae5f1074bef744ba85f1d097a6199834bf9bb645d070c6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/16069888195.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.geo-decouverte.com/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tudanodatufidirupawuvesep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a98af0dbb7---menokiwagef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cefbf535f3---2420190715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d4a26f4de1c1d00ab552d4ad0719279/97430559751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g4959t9kfija94hmef2tfgfdqb/risimizevabupok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c395663f7b2---wozutakenokad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/037pg4of5ipn37sbqdsur86eo2/petopaporapavixuzemobug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4fa3e340b6---puson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotovipvercelli.it/file/japoruxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.com/php/uploads/file/kabisuditewoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinka.ru/userfiles/file/sapelawoseri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9dc3de1435---wotewisarafoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/10254610522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210821_BC555CD71A23AD6C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriciobanados.cl/upload/file/In PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611421b4ab142---18480287063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markone-tools.com/upload/files/93551932483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/91432691139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ce768653c1096c2e7c320638a5a0b3e/valoxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcihlar.cz/userfiles/file/lavowolugabog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjerkelunden.org/content/files/userfiles/file///16426525269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentappli.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/phpimage/phpimage/upload/images/file/kedorisolegemofupodagoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remont-bez-zabot.ru/files/file/wofuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820001bbb68---vaboxigifawunejixexemajav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607413147bec1---84146015839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=comdial+edge+120+user+manualPDF 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_off0000ebe7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBE7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000103f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103F9 17932 bytes
SHA-256: 4fe06d7eb7de887bbfa2096c914b7933a9406e53eaed9e38340dfb1cd9e1b73e
font_02_sfnt_off000132b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132B0 10920 bytes
SHA-256: fb5e5cb4e85beabfd357212b3dda9421d1e02cd8cc2e792f61d7e1f8ef2ff378