Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7f0cc25aa554247…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-16 15:43:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 1c978607bd7044c841d119a326c79553 SHA-1: aad32acc5e7a6b1386a4dfcf75c3ea90fc78ef0f SHA-256: a7f0cc25aa554247f594fec268c830ed12e95f825b8cab8f9e30ffc15a8d927f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or phishing sites. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links suggests a pattern of hosting malicious files on vulnerable websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9780

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://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4356c693298e054d85fe7fd0cce94d1/zubudulibi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982a37e9d66---61677580047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf2e3f658d1---tibaxitedimizefapajat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhactheducthammy.com/upload/files/39928254645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/zuzol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dj-venci.com/uploads/pages/files/19221218402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddmlife.com/ckupload/files/wewujagikesatise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aac96e2b4bb---59491858440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9ac76eec71---45592100939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/177f5e022060c00baf71355e3165929f/xiroxavug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082803d3d91e---sisokujonakifupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c57702d546c44fdea4a35b7dc249e784/84601216779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oufa443jdgp97jvnmvajo8cphh/95672832600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/33318668726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubyyadav.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/83027147787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dean-cpa.com/files/adminpic/file/fekamesilafodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9f7479f41---33635594994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608108414b06c---76772290260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chelseacarpet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/uploads/masiwobekigobonolitalada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadmoor80.com/clients/866172/File/fametogojowozitixogitidef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/490013081242e7a31fbd1525642f4f50/40337310193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/34693025488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c44270ec9---winedelakotifukekosodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfbf0b5990c---kalopidanedaber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/363ec8cfdf9536a9218f931c9f737e7c/werigalipiwelasinagolezum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://togeltop.net/contents//files/farepoloberedefos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=movers+3+2018+answer+booklet+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d14c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD14C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e963.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE963 11448 bytes
SHA-256: e456fd4ae5ab74762fde20bed508df3e1b917baefde308691dc1bc85d935eeef
font_02_sfnt_off00010492.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10492 5760 bytes
SHA-256: 88a269d33972fe0b28e7e752e80da4a23c561b71196cfdffbb753c1ce2905e9f
font_03_sfnt_off00011859.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11859 19040 bytes
SHA-256: a44cca1899275585cfa3fad8231b305faa5ee19f35feaad121b8014ac62018b0