Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a90c7359fe22fda1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-06-27 23:52:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 59151e9bb947dc95a851d666d3087515 SHA-1: 74a22e6c7bb1626fd56396e20d6ad02c92ed655d SHA-256: a90c7359fe22fda11568fac5731dbea335d36da103281a719ba5ca150b900176
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious link farm, potentially leveraging T1059.007 if JavaScript is used internally to manage link redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=confession+is+not+flashy
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a363f4eea0b---91418080464.pdf
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba0cc476c9f42cde7b97b396de6abb30/sunutujadolitaditune.pdf
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vbsth1lc2u9ci2742fcgfcq8u5/97101361622.pdf
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a00e39d9c40---buxonakijisimuvidewubupuv.pdf
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/mifawoz.pdf
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/mopikixibivimoterimavu.pdf
    • https://kaptenhoki.com/contents//files/21284697082.pdf
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kstd5nj0r19ibkmv1bcncla31e/94272328107.pdf
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5ca2d354d---84200244328.pdf
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ed43739b4c6eb8ce6a2962a39ac79a5/powezuzonuriko.pdf
    • https://infoenergie-loire.org/userfiles/file/tepakup.pdf
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14f089350800f3437b38c689f9e1e1ed/65123392076.pdf
    • http://highlandlynxotic.com/clients/7/73/73cf6ae24f8ea70eb1cbac1dff6b0f9e/File/modon.pdf
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085bc2930009---45077969335.pdf
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f6bb3ceec---34057884563.pdf
    • http://hagelkonzept.de/userfiles/file/45425565496.pdf
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a36b9d2b932fd12e794b14eec4f4c6ec/xorazuridirid.pdf
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebb74d58493b9b26291b3768f829fabf/95845792227.pdf
    • https://toptenstudy.com/upload/files/BodyFile__60BFAC2CD532B.pdf
    • https://bangprice.combangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/53396858117.pdf
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a3ba1861d---80734839768.pdf
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15fdb105ac---40796113389.pdf
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b5cd393d4de173a7fee60a22dae38e5/ravesaragodilenasob.pdf
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9afos15e5o8fp85iaoo9nvm4au/baxomibemovijowon.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c421.bin
4a82ed80b1c64d0888f14785a307e2cff731909493aaba91fb1ce8271af20bbe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC421 17208 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f00b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF00B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010822.bin
ffd2e710e60fc33b3cfdc8992bfd04ae4b0054a7c611ba1094229487c49348f6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10822 10356 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00011f87.bin
15171638d69c9281a983de8a04f8d213e5ed86d33053034f6aa0dd130c4010d8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F87 1700 bytes