Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7e52403ffb5e4dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.7 KB Created: 2021-07-13 12:09:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: fc439dcf84d08d8995195f73e1f8212b SHA-1: ee90d5e35e55089fbe2be0b921f7b3ce9dec13c0 SHA-256: b7e52403ffb5e4dcb440b753c8203aec1241c0f3df0ce05de17ea5f786e785eb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and points to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+collective+noun+for+a+group+of+ships PDF link annotation
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093995e4be43---6289404196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaptap.net/userfiles/file/vugogukisaleko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglenhospital.com/UserFiles/File/26723629214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80d7321275a9bc0e9e38891528b75aec/demofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d38df70a4c---98170737354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.org/new/upload/board/files/9395918335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenshinorchids.com/FCKeditor_upload/file/33726414756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bruisedreedfoundation.org/clients/4/4d/4d9d7eec3bf3a09fa0457ace138f6a4e/File/detewikigut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4307c52010455b57c68037621e08c66/tutori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98d5d52807e7cf39e3d278f213866ed1/wefusevimigonegijupavenig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastendmediation.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/47783487377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/28650216396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9b60d4150---kikozozebulajer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aae2005ae38ed32144bb6074f723537/42328824936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gregor-biffiger.ch/userfiles/file/16621725602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauzetaques.com/clients/1/1b/1b95303171b4519794d6fee637ef680e/File/suneritolaserorefevamiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b1f50a497---kebizotujesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmtours.co/aym_image/files/64277775013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/trb8h2fbdbvonkvvg1ea4k1ri3/19592786056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2abafeeb84c3816916380416382649f6/22873635622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/ferijun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zezoalza.com/ckupload/files/43048853303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082cdc34e6bd---fujedebanubisavubet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbde15d4ef1---31271946864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/449b0ad9d2294dfb020b122bb316a8d1/kamogupubujemujutugedis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00012dab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DAB 19072 bytes
SHA-256: 025ff8a7b74dd094a61be0e1bb609f0c3ddcb0f921fcb69c261d65d3b92c7ea2
font_01_sfnt_off00015ff1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15FF1 10916 bytes
SHA-256: e1e0d6cc43479bf8eb3265d65fb7037d1c70a2acba3817def644d1030413797a
font_02_sfnt_off00017939.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17939 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1