Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7f26dd43027015b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.2 KB Created: 2021-07-04 16:54:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 850d165a25530080db21833c57b93df9 SHA-1: 831c6d90b0c2c344a7ae78e14dab1fd2250198b8 SHA-256: b7f26dd43027015b7e06153cc9675577df9108b8bd982fc79b5bbcc0cafbfe3b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to these sites for further exploitation or phishing. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable binary data, suggesting the primary malicious function is the redirection via these links.

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 http://amsasecretariat.fr/userfiles/file/vikedatogunoz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dent-pro.cz/pic/file/movuwugavanenijumabixupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photou.cc//ckfinder/userfiles/files/fotoxijobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karimeh.com/public/userfiles/file/lorivovasidorixuduno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb3d3c2b54---13693590298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a541d854122---godebakoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddedb1e6285d24d400993cf8134d3514/32698051565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbosgn1al9i.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97137122932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noventa.cz/media/files/file/zasogewogatejeluve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05gi221ptvskc3o6jl28nh4ode/jewofarig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3cf49e678---liwatipoxixobine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsaman.com/files/kofedirosedunawal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bbea7dc0f6---98390369879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18fc27a9633ed363a4474564ee32fd32/nasadosamezefuwosig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ab86483c48f46505da68857a5951e07/14323033957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b41a334cc5---wizavojazuzatex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd33d6e998---kupoxizijisefakotok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073dac5a061e---67839750530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/31763289277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd6a60524c40af4d8dbd84b7e5cac353/68500054130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoncmswebsitebeheer.nl/files/editor/file/51774823287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipic.vn/userfiles/file/xorovar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=additive+identity+of+whole+numbersPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010c72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C72 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012484.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12484 18688 bytes
SHA-256: 546d63c9047621472c41254723c52fbdb46b71a64fac1b796cec4f7004629eb6
font_02_sfnt_off0001564b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1564B 10944 bytes
SHA-256: c8aafbf54d4c3080caae2a77d4d2887812594432d29008d6d9676c0f56980eaa
font_03_sfnt_off00016f7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16F7D 16244 bytes
SHA-256: b1ef7b52ed35dfd01120c19ee4193d967dc828f2fc549fe1a2d8c3c5029b4647