Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c07e939afe177f69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-07 08:43:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 40b4fbd1e212732c24cb29a6ce21f39e SHA-1: 6a2006faca424ea3206573ce049755d9189ab127 SHA-256: c07e939afe177f69f571864a0a0a351327d5f379ddccfe2f58eb5d8df47baf16
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a download button heuristic further supports the idea that the document is designed to entice users to click on links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e75b43413b0e5293787d9cada161214f/pasekuminawulin.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df9749ee47---komowategemebewopuxego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210606092404330046635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/lafepupozolepijukavesavir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6lq3etrbp8v2r3cp0oclq8a27/34641076708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbfcf900660---49205713489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a40bf189b2031e86cdf7c8067824c6ed/25150098940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viessmannboilers.ca/fck_upload/file/90746718899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/clr6qjf97s1783bgl8i3c1i3n3/57526611226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de5aeebccb6---48367486546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/44094943718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8ced0d6fd7---nukopazes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5de6f1a7b6c3ecf291814938c6b2ad6/9588349022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c06d700b42---89429749350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nl1qdbg5mrghtlqvf3pn7jrtpo/75249772076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b40cfdae736b1ac80edd9a4c34acfa9/wivedutokobedoxikefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fafd03a0ca---48414590711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5i1tvt9ike00jbdmorcdq0qfag/41947375647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airsoft1.ro/files/file/makiluwezufumomesaxibam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ns5bv8svrop7lsapbprep9ljk4/bilevaxajiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/691f75a7d9c3f399fffab467a97b54a6/92665862575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelewisfamilyreunion.com/clients/c/ce/ce72a6ed4f7059d305e3bbfb121cee90/File/ravozurebezadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99df907a0c0bd17bd4a1d1f511c396c9/rikizavikitebofewolol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=experience+certificate+template+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • https://editors-cdn.template.net/assets/sls-pricing-page-prod/_next/static/chunks/c8f7fe3b0e41be846In 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_off0000eb48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB48 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001035f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1035F 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 9d71c8392dff1aab3a90c0655f26d402c5bdd6f672d27cb8312ea55c4caa4483
font_02_sfnt_off00011c3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C3D 17036 bytes
SHA-256: df7282735259510ff4e87044c8075223a9beccec460efb27b9eceb72c3f13d1f