Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7bf0702bc8f9c77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-04 15:08:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a8b4476c8f8b2e8880ae1650f2e6ed73 SHA-1: 759a15698bbff0d01dcf4b847ace98de4f2fa77f SHA-256: c7bf0702bc8f9c77dccb71dc2182c4bc24ce1ae7bc550933262d5110876d1556
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress instances or disposable domains. The presence of numerous URLs, including those with 'utm_term' parameters, suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine results or direct users to phishing or malware distribution sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=character+sketch+of+hermia PDF link annotation
    • http://harryreichert.de/uploaded_pics/News/file/bosulenepurubis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6195da2aa---sogojulizutuxevelalix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r68s3i4ecj3e34ep6t69bvh087/65085267638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b711a52469cb70528f0d3df272bd217/jepivikiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c73b2cf92---fosowujufafuroso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freehajjandumrah.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/25205874744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b0a94e585---fanaral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084303520219---77654810032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwpetersburg.com/uploads/files/40535232845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfi6hob990ap8tkdh4iqa1ivc5/nikuteja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b39628149a73934d5356e0bed11ddf42/rodonipedanilerosevana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/phnogu54p84vqdrbehga38irpj/duzaragagiteti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasvegasrebath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fd7977207a8496490ab0107730032a3/49876159473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/augkuvf90c8jfsjada56puomna/zekumewedome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084720b17f9f---nikup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawooelcs.com/upload/userfiles/2021/06/files/210602011232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tms-operation.com/upload/files/68228262235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnmanagementsolutions.in/uploads/vurenixuded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b897048bb77---37564969672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biothiennam.com/media/ftp/file/wuforozadapopofasiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a585458a61---43062040551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a782d17076---35355801797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabobuszrendeles.hu/files/files/rokatadol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8a984ff0ceaa6cf711447b67e3d54b5/seruvejim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e799c3f835f11caf735ef79ae19923da/72842468806.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_off0000e9ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9EA 10572 bytes
SHA-256: f8bf42db18f4f698d105e314081961953948df37446ed40375ef4b5a28796450
font_01_sfnt_off00010223.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10223 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A35 16736 bytes
SHA-256: 4a7ec10ba9fd2354480346dae5c8ff2ad17b7cce7f8d3f821028dc1ec7aeabee