Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7bf5f43aeeb8ec3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:45:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5901b319434f87dc71f98c49976cb809 SHA-1: a4b38c097d72db23230a6583793020ac1786cf76 SHA-256: a7bf5f43aeeb8ec3e3f7103d7a3d2b9c3f08b1322ff950efd1531c167af4035e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to potentially malicious sites, possibly for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096034bf1bbd---45555929856.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rockhousemethod.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17269749527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/28264284932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faktxeber.ru/resimler/files/26066553440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cac92a482e1e226f956f81da9233e8c4/31834261653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enidental.com/userfiles/file/20210801074130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2bf0a2c5e37022f09c4cdc06a45804e/madilufovufusuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a74a48e4aa821c06a3381df87dc8ba20/tetisomumatezan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7d6a57ff5---tidopegiwosipotutopuvati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dagvandearchitectuur.be/_files/file/lutemomofazavavatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labuchedeberce.fr/userfiles/file/fizewijafamilixixadini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811c02142fd---30753314105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/41930247048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winkeleninzundert.nl/uploadimages/files/76795536928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grapevinewinerytrail.com/clients/876125/File/tijigujop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rcot.org/userfiles/file/dapapilodusokab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775ec223e23---motabubadidun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionebriciole.it/public/file/rugiwujebezitur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085aad3509b7---97025356766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8c8d54736616949388aef297b1a8e19/numosutuzuforadofuner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d479a40a70a8c3dd1ebc8c9dee4401d/rulekuginunavinasezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160922c8b293fc---83861347150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serwisnawigacji.pl/userfiles/file/6119837746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozgu-yapi.com/firma/files/55405769577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socardan.com/userfiles/files/muxogesudazizotatujazuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=hyperbolic+differentiation+pdfPDF 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_off0000b3fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3FA 14540 bytes
SHA-256: 19ab1e6ba14570d14425b3501410966bd88ffeaed841b1d166c24eebacbd7457
font_01_sfnt_off0000d86d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD86D 10688 bytes
SHA-256: b810439a40e880de260208c8cbc3ba8e53935f66d2abb1ae55388cf034a2775c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f0c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1