Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7cc52f313a4fc38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-08-05 18:51:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e3a839ed857b39c1ee0f4ce4d9db847c SHA-1: b643c1434d33973981fcab65f0381f29eba817a4 SHA-256: b7cc52f313a4fc38b3508c4227a74a1ff6fd81dee6d8e43219c803535d608156
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a downloader or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://agape4u.org/userfiles/file/58951393445.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0b70d7713---27094399165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a574711101---65059521882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba91fc980015ccf0b43407d0e5cee973/71685726685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1bca7a5ea---bofevajanosexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7e08aba2b4---dovodumupazidadojifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesislighting.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e912e60c1d19e594de729f969da2106/26733787129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/sanexatuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2660b8f342---wodupulofosuvazufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8177b2c0e---64079903635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3be001e0bb197603fd00873657a9e8bb/papase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160787fedc25f4---88046705747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f1443a9751a48e0895a6ce8a44be290/sapopujiladegidolova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartistbiography.com/clientMedia/file/sudusewawuxojaregeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0232141c2f86bf25b400793d65f747e9/xiwapowopix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modaxch.com/userfiles/files/12395852047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6bdc875e17---dasoriganovexem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afdce1e97ec---60188484644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/46990928722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solyaris.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tikofexun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drxzhang.com/userfiles/file/mojenetirefajolifibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asthasupermarket.com/userfiles/file/betemokuganomajeraxujezut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5283f14644---gojozepunajino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedcal-wpbe.com/uploads/file/mozidemagup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanobubblevietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/84241051293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=moviestarplanet+hack+download+macPDF 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_off0000f85a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF85A 17860 bytes
SHA-256: 795a5906865e6f2ed9aa71a9796cbce5ea55cdb512ae42601eb53d17694adc6b
font_01_sfnt_off000126c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ee0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EE0 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 571e858fd6437d3160f569b46dd744d1ad7802a6bc63459fd87e9c1a3ee47436