Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7637e1b8b779b10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:08:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 85388dfca21ca95d12c79c3626240a4f SHA-1: d683871bfdf84c69c8938c6216ee13ef368128e1 SHA-256: a7637e1b8b779b1078ce4bd8a3d7cd16ba4a986bc25f0a150f147326805a24d4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, limiting the analysis of direct execution vectors.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c020ea83ea---woliwedapefi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/1131162250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanarina.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nofazen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chaletsuenodesol.de/files/bozexibupakawuzuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/95095568343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ofertaromania.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98205836256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sname.org.tw/sname/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33667455042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oodow.cn/upload/file/2108030949194842316ymar9xlk5d4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolaodong.com/userfiles/file/59469760448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/fexobujurenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ysh.my/userfiles/file/luronomofut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eab8f4c5df709f73a99309cecb4bdbb5/xesokidigotimur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608031a13f99a---pudagupiluwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.fr/userfiles/file/58338787835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morpheus-architects.com/file_media/file_image/file/jelajozibimimisarolis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klinok-saintp.ru/files/disomowuvuzuxujomozakekow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://open.ua/uploads/ckeditor/files/kimowipemugivadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drlalashow.com/php/billboard/uploads/file/9335118816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v90osboosho6vhfifrn5sfm897/84710107836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alanurturizm.com/rsm/files/pinixazasaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100648833ca1---88746972875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shunnasato.com/kevotulopigunovalirafemad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107556d8dd0e---mizefibagujomew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cddd10b2ed---sulewejijerodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abhinavabhishad.org/userfiles/file/davamisowiladukexejonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=bose+soundlink+mini+2+operating+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_off00010fc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FC3 21188 bytes
SHA-256: 9ef1756dd8ea562dbafdbb96457d3adf5e10b1061d345de9509f135c13a6bf69
font_01_sfnt_off000146b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015ece.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15ECE 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 440edf21bd43865593d3662d162fe435750c9760b9c5b10a2cb855bc37907065