Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7be1f46fd6773b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-07-07 09:27:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ba5a1efd569da697ac82fd39cace4a2d SHA-1: 29627a8bf039cb342463733b9699435660731e5b SHA-256: a7be1f46fd6773b77690630884be831420fb188a04df4929738cada3c383e202
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+crane+wife+short+story PDF link annotation
    • https://gyandeepjkss.org/userfiles/file/89158749048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a1ecbf4c5---81213894548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afacf544573---saremalugazurepuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079dc77a2d79---14650056234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soosekszer.hu/upload/files/66584942848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netcentricnj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zapeforemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicaldistri.com/ckfinder_files/files/lewojemerumijifujapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2819c044e---bopefekomizasij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4yoga.by/pics/files/50320840962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://promador.pl/userfiles/file/86261316221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameralehiep.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/gofovugikirupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebb2f0ed0ec708826922c1acd3b9117b/vuxasimasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuestag.ch/userfiles/files/67479718494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2580d2dbfbbf860536d9b02bc54ea827/37516072912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2-140-swe8h.xn--p1ai/files/nimerobufosezexafavufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/630030650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biogenetixpharma.com/ci/userfiles/files/rigovaporof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplolux72.ru/upload/file/kosujopowamulajog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e27241748e---dapajutunezowoxuralesejek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b12f658d7f2---fuvezovosuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tafgambiatours.com/userfiles/file/64038909014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fnt3esrh3t18q1ip9mpau75b44/kaxojosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdfa1879b44---49471086226.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_off0001042e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1042E 16860 bytes
SHA-256: e7bd0d6c872b356fe32c10dd9c20f36c7371823285e8381210de757300de0bfb
font_01_sfnt_off00012fd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FD1 10552 bytes
SHA-256: 5566ed6a2ea92b9039e80ec4ae4ac60c0625383ce9016bf4fa6f910864c7fd2e
font_02_sfnt_off000147f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147F8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1