Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7275b5309ad5bf9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-01 19:48:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 8bdca3af3fd4e487d4648af9200ae3d2 SHA-1: f666dfc5a79ed6df31af442a21c587b27edbdfbf SHA-256: c7275b5309ad5bf934f167bc6241f4903ead5f7ecf1c5bb48ac0b63deefa5f75
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to external sites, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm used to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scenario.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convert+entire+website+to+pdf+chrome PDF link annotation
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/vemusibakowobelubol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namdolove.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210531_286A2FB5285ABB6F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-13/20210513154855808174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/31416671368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ankaratemizlikcim.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/96045889451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/30226089228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/im183idqct8vcmgrv5cdnt7r17/delapuxomaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c66369d0474---bovajuriwudajowofavir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5d7e83341---berudulezadogexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a1d3b59a1---sibofokorupesabixuzuzij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://119hero.kr/userData/board/file/mogor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urparitet.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44705576044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/2820804122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandzak.best/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a266d0f9781cfbc7419d8a7aa6e81793/waxefozadevegakujataro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefencedocumentary.com/adminfiles/file/70094186972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lua84aeaj75mgncdijrj61c21t/39994882009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb4d057348085f40998aebcfa282e67b/80353488534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/kumonuposemosogavepoduro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc6c4dabeab---41978109482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607045e407c2a---luvusokugekur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gvus6sch8nf2rjp3ckri3kp2l3/25971123487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/94061823444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e028df137b---98636659776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b84787353d---zanutizasavapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a1b582609---wekipisanifalabizebumew.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_off0000f279.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF279 11000 bytes
SHA-256: d7312642dd5851fcfdef3c3a098d1ddb8813b926fba0202438b00b24988bad77
font_01_sfnt_off00010bb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BB3 17440 bytes
SHA-256: 464a8b60bebb06df13d79a2cc2cfdd1ea3ea3e952e830984c4950af571e00e54
font_02_sfnt_off000139ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1