Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7b311396552c78e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-05 18:03:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fddbaa1f3c277412b2a66808adf20af3 SHA-1: c301131c2cbd8ba4dca47bc2a2756fa7e936095b SHA-256: c7b311396552c78e532f33079e7d3ad30e84d73112a586dcb8c9f026e3880f7c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, so the primary attack vector appears to be user interaction with the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://comp-art.ru/userfiles/file/74914498932.pdf
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3b28cfb9ee1a75023e5bc18e5e6849f/xodifuwopuruluravude.pdf
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860e4ecfccd---3891164102.pdf
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/kefele.pdf
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075439445a08---54675940562.pdf
    • http://teckim.it/themes/userfiles//files/19340551233.pdf
    • https://himalmanpower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92849565911.pdf
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/rovawodo.pdf
    • https://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/9663838269.pdf
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bccfa72c00c---fotukifetapadopugamonibok.pdf
    • https://adian.eus/files/galeria/files/jamarut.pdf
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796d4ed66a0---77155632374.pdf
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/22883500598.pdf
    • http://armanetti.com/images/luxojifig.pdf
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e357d4a095---vinatataribijojejuja.pdf
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809882afbaa---dosawukasup.pdf
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/224id4pp54hrti9195car1mv62/lopexakusax.pdf
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084790589fc0---35502837367.pdf
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d808472ea3ff2b91911ed28260b911e2/jozotodowutom.pdf
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/tifixofugelufuguvorulez.pdf
    • http://badaranquehablar.com/userfiles/files/60406826205.pdf
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ioocgg783fgtf25dm2qc77voo/wowivefidam.pdf
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e182ba476bb---gabomiwewinunomularako.pdf
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i22guk2rpq1ka666a84kc1j7t6/gexitajagijabe.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=anaphylactic+reaction+example
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed95.bin
9eec278876729a949777560983a8d27a83bd527eba410d714482f05003ecc43d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED95 16784 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011981.bin
4c56e209795672cb509dcb7e2e42b1fb8e8045e0fc9e47b91ee55a8a9c1e274a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11981 10668 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000131cb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131CB 16792 bytes