Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac7cb7e3925ac4f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-19 20:32:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 42e7014f40480fc57af31896a10cbb53 SHA-1: 8060c180e380bde6f3faf38d9ba6e5979972d585 SHA-256: ac7cb7e3925ac4f172f5dcb9de4812a2c38c38db956661b30ec686f20d63fc2e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites utilizing the formcraft plugin for file uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these links. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, suggesting an attempt to hide its true purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d667cacf1---wisarit.pdf
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/mufumikigigo.pdf
    • http://robbinsfamilyhealthcare.com/clients/2/2c/2c787fa606fc56c3a3a24dfc5409695f/File/91212084476.pdf
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kg2nunu0l883efpd8m0pssahp7/51316434099.pdf
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607658c25322c---93189129472.pdf
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7562707d76---pupaj.pdf
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949fcf25c00---34301458937.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a55d269446e14cb8292f0c20d9b82e30/pepiworemumukutuluguxutam.pdf
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/45534002237.pdf
    • http://liddellgaryfamily.com/clients/863293/File/59955679064.pdf
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9mds7e9la01dumjs65b3eq7333/90318822064.pdf
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/791b078065519c3e9e42497ada6a7863/xokaxeriwenavatiguzileg.pdf
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff282741cf38b75045d2b2bc51920b38/litudolasamu.pdf
    • http://xn--b1agjlwjc3g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bofige.pdf
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a983858edec---degatugivoj.pdf
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/sexedijere.pdf
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b096351186e---68809501967.pdf
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/217adbeb810f42a9d22f9e2e70d00aab/maxapalametozevikese.pdf
    • https://virtrade.gr/userfiles_lybo/file/86224343758.pdf
    • http://zaragozalawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sonotu.pdf
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f750562932ee826ed09265c5b9179ae/27393738113.pdf
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1e618d9d0---nutig.pdf
    • http://richwoods1969.com/clients/861079/File/wifonejowikat.pdf
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de11ngua6ho7grdc9v8vi5tn0o/ferufapexezekadozowevo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+past+tense+of+swear
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ec60.bin
ae70832ac893358de34a5e647d56d5d7d60ffe4567de41955cc942e8dd1b8bb3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC60 10488 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001043e.bin
0d42f75095581a22a3b7e1a2101d9f2854cb0627e6aab956a3789a200b312a32
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1043E 16940 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013060.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13060 16792 bytes