Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad7f8462f18223e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 01:51:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ee099ff56ea81889cb186aa315ca763a SHA-1: 20a5100ce8c77afb8b4b629c045e5256251b8ca3 SHA-256: ad7f8462f18223e1383cadf1017718ca358ddbcf6dd40a86cf605da08b942ff5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a distribution mechanism for phishing content or further malware, as indicated by the ClamAV detection and ML classifier flagging it as malicious. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' strongly suggests the document's purpose is to act as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=understood+and+acknowledged
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vh0j1em4kjvosq55pnmcnu17u1/pukesixadep.pdf
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f4447f2ba---79648087714.pdf
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093febb7fd57---xelawage.pdf
    • http://yesilderecine.com/admin/editor_resim/file/pupitegepodadanupuzexi.pdf
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b8036d6916d0e579ebedc8cc8e00d87/sifiwajogimani.pdf
    • https://rubenferro.com/userfiles/file/48416849601.pdf
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096269acb165---sufizadudarulanod.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8f18a9f3ee---soveforo.pdf
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e1a806d19---joxuxodetapelugeseto.pdf
    • http://microlana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tetojobugorajasa.pdf
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0abdab792b71849fa4ef905079fc4275/pemilepikupurezufo.pdf
    • http://araonline.hu/uploads/file/12436663108.pdf
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083387172bad---50782915211.pdf
    • http://eortak.com/img/fck_temp/file/puwibedipuxapere.pdf
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96b379ffabc63b9fe67c10784d3ab09c/daranedozuzula.pdf
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/fuxekoraligegijorajef.pdf
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34be7b5e3674b26c32802d7f53c26d5a/90373611398.pdf
    • http://eia-edu.com/userfiles/file/piwenekinipofubokeba.pdf
    • http://gshosnab.ru/userfiles/file/89240987343.pdf
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/25271581806.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f123.bin
2dae03b26ed46a747278dc1ed4568f4487d2f50579b18cb53174754ec6b94eaa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF123 17496 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011eba.bin
d47fec014c05c2ba6080553fb9f87f9e65b05be6d32e1149dc356c3106f6094c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EBA 10640 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001371a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1371A 16792 bytes