Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7821e796387e5c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 20:44:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a2bebc11dd44e35875c66938e1fcb243 SHA-1: 50486c5b002c0b5f3c32079ed5546e2fb661d15f SHA-256: a7821e796387e5c4d608003428ad1df54a75107f237423a673e928a964864753
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports the interpretation of this PDF as a malicious link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=aplicacion+para+rootear+celular+android PDF link annotation
    • http://canadianrockies.ca/files/file/37272733211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-9/file/2069740638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungtdc.com/upload/files/ruziwekadijetonefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142e124109e3---72470672958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erainbowrealty.com/userfiles/file/gamenopexulolivasos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c90ad89eca42dd4740ead2c70d776ce/mebugeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161374c007b94a---62899305401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apatity.verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68768046658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koslita.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mexovivexup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telecycling.org/files/file/vesovebekepovafuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141f44be530d---safinupiserivitikasuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catbasailing.com/upload/fck/file/87670443509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wolfpackbasketballacademy.com/content_docs/mebojutezigikogurusuzivug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artedelvalle.cl/gal/files/file/femafasetupunes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydunglenguyen.vn/upload/files/b5c310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/14106072101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfauquemberg.com/home/fauquemb/david/bbdg_site/userfiles/file/65613684922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talenthunt.biz/userfiles/file/60313195376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/kovulajavutajavutusefokit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chrmglobal.com/userfiles/file/2633950951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletroluz-al.com/_IMG/img_internas/file/89077002546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queenart.kr/userData/board/file/12785983990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cachnhietcacham.vn/Images_upload/files/jokanovowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everestlodgelukla.com/userfiles/file/4683982021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjatupornservices.com/file_media/file_image/file/67229968811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b6cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6CD 16700 bytes
SHA-256: 340015a38a615381ce124d7b165ef9ca4e20281465a59087c9c79474d987fc08
font_01_sfnt_off0000df69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF69 10420 bytes
SHA-256: be8651ce7409f68d0e9b7a565e69f22def417db539ad5a91a7edf573d3cbefe6
font_02_sfnt_off0000f727.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF727 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1