Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7175e624e7f1b20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 09:30:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 31dabf6fd4d6d051518983d96eb9f16e SHA-1: fd413b95255def5a10db2953079c13c901e7a479 SHA-256: b7175e624e7f1b207d0fd3c6ef277fc60441302845bbfb92f637bb922ab182ae
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous external links and the nature of the heuristics point towards a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078925f39e90---75440789144.pdf
    • http://zbraneklapka.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vagakixadepenitox.pdf
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089998b6b91e---92814623133.pdf
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ua1hmelptne6u4a3h5s2bd2ga0/noxiporolaw.pdf
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/98311449170.pdf
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5ada3ab965---gewewalevofozorikalol.pdf
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a867d089e44---70724623273.pdf
    • https://agenciaboom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fqt0c3pjbd1o4mqh0qqi6du7a3/fusivoxi.pdf
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f03a60d983b0a776372d0fdd07d75347/razorelexavapogarexu.pdf
    • http://minipit.com/data/files/74162051070.pdf
    • http://vodnik48.ru/content/file/7202971243.pdf
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/153ded78f1f179f91bdf779b7a8c2e69/76653057553.pdf
    • https://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/47398873744.pdf
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/95516090734.pdf
    • https://gbagencement.fr/uploads/file/zupakezelemureguva.pdf
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a981b07eac---wumarinuxesimubozoluw.pdf
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0ac36123f6---busawujawenagef.pdf
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d2ee2b302---lolevatiriraxi.pdf
    • https://cdmsig2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tetefovazufo.pdf
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2f72f9d43508545c4a6c2ed0e667f92/72231930083.pdf
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c98a39c58---wemosifidiw.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba9b3e586bd---22028529848.pdf
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/439e709ff5cf8f705f8525fa8553b222/57085575566.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=inside+out+and+back+again+quotes
    • 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_off0000c0e1.bin
2cd6c54bfd649a620acc44c5206fe58d68e51275c88cf13ea074ce17e165b92b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0E1 10828 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d97b.bin
b5b522aa2cea1adc1029d1133afff4b7d11c7052be6ca26ce3cd16bf647e39bf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD97B 17024 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000104e1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104E1 16792 bytes