Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7d7727d29ebe4cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:54:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b8184b0a17133118610f86025ddca9fc SHA-1: e648d255489e2e6ce133db3e440f290d429c7509 SHA-256: a7d7727d29ebe4cd385156256b63ca46de6cd7079b3227306d244dfee573d4a7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which are compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The file's structure and numerous external links are indicative of a tactic to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://suma.ca/upload/editor/file/bumixizowamofowidiw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cee0a7cb520---67105940197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/81469481770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3bf18f3276---95329710126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/309pfvper1eauug8tgm5j0pse2/palebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngor2-3.com/file_media/file_image/file/41021189864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/gatesul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalwedding.jp/images/blog//file/97778679218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de71919e010---jiwifap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/fonuvuwodesigilebof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/kegijovik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b0f3a0e37---mixobuvazowugib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cee5e5f48c---81002436795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhometutor.com/userfiles/file/62178252214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emotionalgift.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82176304367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3643d5d31e---noxijakekozonejit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vpn-solutions.com.pe/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kumusapudenuvexafiwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/73787680181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osstemcardiotec.com/files/fckeditor/file/191555618612345530196e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceleevideos.org/images/file/bujogul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a152d083576---91568183073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/nivetaxesagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redsky.tv/userfiles/files/vegutovodisozuluruxuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qub1mq44eb163ldk2bd0e1ld00/75246087362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/53688578656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9d0918ff1ba5c34934930b66a58cfbd/61037370456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=answers+to+emails+in+mystic+messengerPDF 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_off00010efd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EFD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001270f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1270F 23160 bytes
SHA-256: 58952c8b8facf766d45465ce123f93b2d944c63d81cef1cff87fef5d9f545a62
font_02_sfnt_off0001637c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1637C 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 03718e71709b4ccf74e05142a1cdefaa56cb94e2f1f6ac649e883982ec68ba4d