Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7afb4f553cd4bbc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-23 22:18:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f585b0efd8d3040b358dd38be56a2c89 SHA-1: 3b4b19c211fceaee0e0eb537fb81b47700025981 SHA-256: a7afb4f553cd4bbcf218cdcb26c8b74d860a829acddb285fc070a628907721c1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous external URIs, several of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and numerous links suggest it's designed to lure users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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://ymmicro.com/files/files/dizebanewatux.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7aa44be6b7---xegojafokesofutovuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divinenine.net/userfiles/file/73058138990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hausbootgeiseltalsee.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ouq28i9juqmmr1vrqrlbscoro2/88207727839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b17f6c05bd---66314334698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729130d0ce0---55980433412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/27333156818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hawkins-kearney.com/clients/f/fa/fa1934e8f236f3272fb98c88546bd003/File/94996514494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809f0e5ffeb---xuxezakuzapolevalire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fab0e1dc279---bowekidimesuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partner-support.net/user_data/userfiles/files/48337914865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://controlsystemco.com/cache/fck_files/file/xizawobudenete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/13665772863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ash-graphy.com/userfiles/file/83240614811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ihr8hrm2an9ao7r0e9k7el5r1/zalifewonovokamuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tc54dajps0n1rfq68bb9ggf607/89379069692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primebrokeragetx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65224082621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b42a3d96495---pivodewewufededeviwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeywithmypet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sinelovezunedadifurikon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7kb5b66m3t4tq4c4s3cabtqv17/68454066724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9698c178c---97400255737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7c79fe7537---baxawumegubufiwonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcmcpropertyblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11c44b7c033c04f4c6ef8d0e59523b38/pusosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089633b5f90b---77055964453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799a675ba3b---xugabepoxiruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primer-spb.ru/files/files/54426666172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+dyson+ball+attachmentsPDF 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_off0000f3f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C07 16824 bytes
SHA-256: de07387946de34d6d1f83412b39c1bcf3746339eb31e72bbbdbad2b49517552a
font_02_sfnt_off00013780.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13780 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 769837a3bae03ed66b49a3d4935fd73ff0bcc204f733bde0aad6603dc65d0198