Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7c9e0782f7ee151…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-31 20:32:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 03902aa85a73d80c044a285a218bd48d SHA-1: a997c569c5b4f53cea906f7e067a6df7e6393c2d SHA-256: a7c9e0782f7ee1514b77bfd20f9dc6714421288d554f64f33eb53d998af3fd53
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This pattern suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, likely a phishing or malware distribution site. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d65d0a24d---93484222555.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96de5752b40f76b6fce1631daf0ad9d7/88094271632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c04b52708---guwakenukegudidakuxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eec4ac9ba3---toxobeluvosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilocom.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8452383910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/31315438517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e6a6288572---79266568552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eksiliotomotiv.com/upload/ckfinder/files/52782075898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/37353885427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0c051548fa---zubavenopokigerepolale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c91ea598f19fd07ce5428ba521372a9f/mevafikuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b23aba9d2335c61e89e6c4593086c111/51963590058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/48716110477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c708c4c7dd7---kefubamosufoduviremuvesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e31cf04190b5ace8dbbb21ccf1f62080/sidakezuwifabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca04e710a2---jibepitetedexakagobete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juha.be/_files/file/14356774014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/in0v6c2ceh0g6e8k2lm9kpkss7/nisinisolatewogazuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-sincere.com/upfiles/editor/files/29045063893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ec9eff95399b8c457ce54af2823259f/74560180822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b8a591ee5---sebifunizofenigom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+main+role+of+financial+accountantPDF link annotation
    • http://alessandrotria.altervista.org/areap/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nijekuwodopemavoxakob.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_off0000f48e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF48E 10692 bytes
SHA-256: ff04c0db97ca0c4a3a42e5728d9c7ad37c89e5fd338e70c00c375331afbc7688
font_01_sfnt_off00010ce7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CE7 16944 bytes
SHA-256: c6ad44c10aa5f529383afe7d189db8dd2e477e380690357b93249ae17f635bd0
font_02_sfnt_off000138ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1