Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7ec8806977e0a6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 05:17:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7232eeaee4dccb9c9c55dc66f4b6e62c SHA-1: 1437ac96f1445f8f1a121a0e4b6ffdb7ee30ce6e SHA-256: b7ec8806977e0a6b94e59c3fae40f776e907ce9e4442e73131553e4eb5812c29
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing. The presence of embedded URLs and the link farm structure suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing content, likely as part of a spearphishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa4e5e3fe01---21222799330.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1a3129586f61b3fd56c0515ad2a9b3e/73892687055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57f2870807c4823d07dcbd34cf5404a2/watuzob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210608045955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14170c64006f17bd08ce41fffe4f0ecc/88179641898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.pl/userfiles/file/74667789222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eae4b2b163---buramosik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3aa4ae1f6a---21146771646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/449ffccc3c2c1f8cd09ffb5d4a92806b/savabogozejupifezep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-elektro.eu/archiv/file/wudobijexifotojozawatov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca39d44e9c62a0173ce5c47c0696d1fb/pekubivapojelipexazupim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a064e2ce5be2a633c8b23096b86792d/tolizibov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomilano.eu/userfiles/files/vezamanafob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb9cf8f2feef35d60843a015a917e7aa/55195576954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607071b2090e4---zalubatorubij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekttorun.pl/pliki/25560591618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e9efc5dd2---mafepifiredekojit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seventyfirstclassof69.com/clients/60772/File/52563256745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/htvccs8hh5gnhi68ta43g2ntul/8783741785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770fdab41d1---befurofatomopujedelala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d6a0667ba75dda5804ac1197bccbad8/29431504482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607197c9d0f8c---movizopuxonabuxidake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9abk0fgc08pl56v940ouhkr4cj/vituzota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/jadafalunexavetiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hqtk8j3cavgik394loup4k0lb1/3310853941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=wholesale+food+storePDF 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_off0000f41d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF41D 10248 bytes
SHA-256: 2ab1ee880347adf1166acc3ea2ee264314b27664aec9e6a26533df242662d3fe
font_01_sfnt_off00010b5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012370.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12370 16612 bytes
SHA-256: 3523380e220508d1627ca52fa97d28a113ae6d9982c20ed3c994d72891b4f147