Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a759c1a698222d0f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-07-01 09:46:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9edbe3cdf9a22e900849259af64ae327 SHA-1: efd93634a61765ae1fe297c69672cbb9ca36754e SHA-256: a759c1a698222d0f6db67a913de7ee17fce119d99c723a09d439629afce50cc7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest the document functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The embedded URLs, such as http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b080f218e92---38223478366.pdf, are likely part of this malicious infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9aa8e2929f---38152779350.pdf
    • http://cesnek-vysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/39289271770.pdf
    • http://gandolfiarchitetti.com/userfiles/files/pogevokiriwebejumujekezuf.pdf
    • http://bhk-aindling.com/userfiles/files/96067974416.pdf
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbdce8d04ab---77144150814.pdf
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97bc35eeba089fea20d17cf0cb83c155/3109225616.pdf
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/459eeff01004e6655b7eafe2c27b3e10/45852264763.pdf
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160971a7993e7a---42567466765.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b96143f854---pudedati.pdf
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c883c459f1---45878939996.pdf
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/48529345651.pdf
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abd982391c62e53f4aea3a5011721af4/zativesujajulelegaminu.pdf
    • http://1960ihs.com/clients/e/e0/e0b58928a48036c9af8d6cfc9cffdd99/File/82744156381.pdf
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b080f218e92---38223478366.pdf
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d45c1b5a0cc---54943731976.pdf
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942272d0b55---9862573379.pdf
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7t0srgtsisbjn0g2r1bpt15o54/17060450180.pdf
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c0d93fd4b---janokotajotibu.pdf
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a5ff80f2a---gufenekaxawigofagabonalug.pdf
    • http://iwishop.hu/file/dapiletejumofajaga.pdf
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c9808d5f90---39975562563.pdf
    • http://caphegiabao.com/upload/fck/file/laxezonideliminotirazog.pdf
    • http://fittbikese.hu/files/file/1179457785.pdf
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d81be763ca5---rikagasutonezixudide.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+the+average+velocity+over+an+interval
    • 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_off0000d485.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD485 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec97.bin
6f83153891a074422d4d5f7ada67b5eb9842cd76563191ec188e07c6bbf3a1ed
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC97 16504 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000117a1.bin
5988f2dc3c2074622374e3c67cdacf8fbb4a4bac07db81998f9d71c0f5d1b1a1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117A1 10844 bytes