Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7d6020870523a71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-07-22 19:34:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6ed221f40c03a8b1297b8a33f12ad530 SHA-1: 042b3c7fd6b47306aff31ce3ac71f81c704ddb3e SHA-256: b7d6020870523a716be6bfd6bbec271211e6270a772072d971a1c5f180928635
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. These links likely lead to phishing sites or further malware downloads, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a06922d47---8404916092.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/54162037101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harom.ro/files/file/temitapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuhs1981.com/clients/8/82/82ca37c076ec4232796cb58ed009bb3a/File/fejinazub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-tw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/rofowiladusowelilor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harposwebdesign.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/44920675030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/zizasuguzedorawumetixabut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6247045aa9f0f9cc31b9fdad9bb764df/pijejikal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthivatlieuhoanthien.com/upload/files/lovutulurobalujoxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a64f0451c27fc4b7f68b7aab62e664ee/81179588008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/wojuxomazuwilore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a624301cd78---gozuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pablohernandes.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1096ce64b294c364966723aa21f5ee51/25099671761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf40fd7031f085208d0ce8693c79fe83/87018417245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e39b9d3a57---timibupifixumozefatus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210430035319155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075625fe4d19---89555396694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/inph81ib499a4gjoctjdaiu6i9/tepiriromunodudepegisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://garnet-medical.com/userfiles/files/xanexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1975geegees.com/clients/78603/File/rukebetiruzurapovupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davisfolk.net/clients/1/1f/1f1070e31f35868a9a13f38ee7dc887f/File/sonerolejobuwuwara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d5c821b30---57145628028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeat.ru/var/files/fisorak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d0f207b6c616f5bf90262c94d83adb4/televan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=cucet+entrance+exam+sample+paperPDF 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_off0000ee12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE12 17064 bytes
SHA-256: 9b4c53a8714ee87bd60162f848aa2ac65d7ef8b8a00fac623a7d7429caac8808
font_01_sfnt_off00011aac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AAC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000132c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132C3 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 86c7e1fa421895be04decd2630b2ecba338ef4242caeeb53ba5decebaf7d6cda