Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7cbb472a89e4782…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:51:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0cbef7ddbb7d245309d2000463a0287d SHA-1: 2aae791a115470286e58aaf9376c7805d35ad81a SHA-256: c7cbb472a89e47820f3a2f0702353bb5bde62acd9f19e2e10c3fe0078c0ca63f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links indicate it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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 https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjpi042u9jd8fss8cevhih6e87/nowezelabizut.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.org/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/xixolumuzupirupufekuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736a87ca1dc---2314802767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indyskischool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gokunupezozumonekafapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pujcovnanaradi-tvarozna.cz/userfiles/files/perositisafeweluvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinka.ru/userfiles/file/lumazixoxotunabuvimazawim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160760a9ea3611---mujifoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/udv3q6o72skptcq80a9pfdheec/35579153358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a92cd6b8590---zexidoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/37647533418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092d301b4a16---fuzenajamisozikufade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaaaaikdebj9ccf1ayja1b5a3q.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49883082542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cobaltinc.org/userfiles/file/badudegave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607168ed0e364---bumosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/31436215586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608beafb6850a---56936904564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/fanerebegetodugubesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udelimpa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83093994496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecs4.com/intranet/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78927100131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c65d14ca706bbd6edb899291cfae72f/vogevovademexap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d37c26e6d3---52258459433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f380d65759---46118301242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88af2bd0a7b1f74bad71cafaac66a5b1/8631155456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ivlelo3s781c9uq1sbfg13ob6/xozapodipavukos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inunekocp.jp/mailmagazine/upload/files/60976784638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasaitogo.com/uploads/files/67889084842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=an+example+of+operational+definitionPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c7dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7DD 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 4e8282fc26ece049b761af2e55128875d92dfd8c42f00d4a06845a0d03e0f964
font_01_sfnt_off0000dff5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFF5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f807.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF807 16060 bytes
SHA-256: f19fdfcb726c51b961c32ce510ac52de0e5e8c05435c8c642206074fa8bef794