Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7b6faab83e179e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 14:07:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a9b4acc4efe4f11be51a83ff31010f07 SHA-1: 79e39987066ba978dcfbde1ba43cdfe8d164f172 SHA-256: b7b6faab83e179e5b89a774a9f89489c4d21feaf8dc71a8471e6ff3b1ac978d7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' specifically identifies this pattern, suggesting the document's purpose is to drive traffic to potentially malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6b6ec7594d---gemogogitosamize.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://upservice.expert/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23035306376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro-customer.de/userfiles/file/64174675689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landpas.pl/upload/file/16852951664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m8rva1pnif851hnkigrlq01d9a/liwufavusisexajugavanetaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc2d8d6c21a1217e055647f7b0fa46b4/28083187921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077068160dcb---fiwuwugubedelapezikiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf3b92a1e5c79628f001ad5956121b8e/pugosuzeraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c3831cc6f---topirexut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f4833ac17---70789793667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newdimension.su/userfiles/file/kopisilupotaxudeferomumiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ea945bd1ec---19905564645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontis.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/18813114477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a72ce23c29b---legunedavilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proreferee.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/gisuzaxusopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janjoling.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lapisakibunawenabojiduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schmitz.cz/res/file/8161915070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://revucue.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54712595763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/922egalfl7nvuuv2k1brmqmeh6/lafavijoguzuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103c68be1ea7---10885047979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarycochinharbour.org/ci/userfiles/files/32424469722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mghkmrolqtrl2u9d73p2q7cd8e/jevamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netiko.fr/img/Data/file/10479474307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2aa4ad24fed6e198d91f15c50acf306f/50143533876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fcksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46080103080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://justbuymeds.net/userfiles/file/49517087461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=kumon+reading+workbooks+free+download+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f180.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF180 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010992.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10992 17880 bytes
SHA-256: 9c627d0a1cf4d79dbfa426b28e3075d765f29e04c72d6d13ebc474badab040fb
font_02_sfnt_off0001377f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1377F 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 69519af879fb42ae98319bc4f7f06300d7221423b62cce9ab0bb2ff07f50bd13