Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7a4236fd346ff74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-08-13 15:35:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 94243b4b86c14835e023481b5b8ccc53 SHA-1: 938cbe702f5ff74b7baea1e1ae837fe5f07fb26c SHA-256: b7a4236fd346ff74970ba40d945b7111b868e3230bf7d95cdf71fd081a930f5f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a link farm. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a potential phishing or spam distribution scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the linked content suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c343qf5hn03t1io89gr59e3dq/womizusazixigonawuko.pdf
    • https://eqonetech.com/upload/userfiles/files/potososanarofe.pdf
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e8983a77a---15519826945.pdf
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/melizixosubaxinogena.pdf
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160918487a5a25---14690949623.pdf
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097ba53db226---90138626239.pdf
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/add1de08ab52db190f231fe7ea98230c/polutudij.pdf
    • http://wienbildarchiv.com/upload_files/files/12277549794.pdf
    • https://thuanxuongmonmb.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/mopesunasafijuwepodanuxo.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n96efnj7gti2a4i5kevmno7rn3/weriginipenu.pdf
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4nd3gu2bjgsj547a1drl2d1rlh/gerevagoro.pdf
    • http://ormansagszive.hu/upload/file/68630863371.pdf
    • http://daisytalavera.com/userfiles/files/forafodemujizedazi.pdf
    • https://bio86.net/fichiers/90421042302.pdf
    • https://cambodiaangkorhomestay.com/userfiles/file/12318895287.pdf
    • http://tavio.su/files/file/29938705791.pdf
    • http://lamekatus.ee/uploads/ckeditor/files/14214263549.pdf
    • http://kameleonhastanc.hu/files/file/punebaxepeworaluwonab.pdf
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d5vdc6uv4qbqof0o3adarhm70/lameloligifid.pdf
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/77358268524.pdf
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n6taob58f1uenl6de8ignosr6t/96414133479.pdf
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e321eb5f60197109fed370d7c0d70b73/supumokusexuzalodotuwa.pdf
    • http://vivatbacchus.hu/files/file/87596892234.pdf
    • http://tecsun-moscow.ru/docs/file/66667148831.pdf
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e80f90fae---vixepimikexewepuzibiboma.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+de+ingles+presente+perfecto+simple+y+continuo+para+imprimir
    • 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_off0000fe8d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE8D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000116a4.bin
890f013a881e0588e91c00002e90275f76072d40f7b11684ef8e4192e8e12099
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116A4 11288 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000130ed.bin
1ca70dbb7ca2d0f538bac2954f4735d148caae75ac12cf74d4787702150033fc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130ED 18636 bytes