Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7e1b71e2cad6e56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-07-15 13:06:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d8fe3f4a7f3e4187f0aac8d96766198f SHA-1: 7004ea9be62e17b464254ae0ff1859cfab22ff3b SHA-256: c7e1b71e2cad6e5696353111d41be22c972c0b9d62ee991ce88d3b7acc49c12d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded links suggest a link farm attack pattern, aiming to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9806

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=stretches+to+be+more+flexible PDF link annotation
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fde314ed6501160654c713544b34992/nugunisemel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b434b366e1e---xiremezowodidaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/zalixirapim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fe4a06c65e35d8e4ac1fd215058d230/peladudokopesakexap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwayinn.com/image/files/20210624_225632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/fixozojewolumetog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diaochue.vn/userfiles/file/81656195555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ea9eba2a99294856b2ca51b2bc55722/nivamasulavad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubelsendero.com/img_pag/file/70109354269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d5af4c024---mufigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/nevefusudoxufitatan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/rodisekuwakubobamitizeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/xufovufilinejaxevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae81ebff8e73714f6f501f727b4ac9ff/seduwenenitovawekenufara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609621e9b1401---ledefofalimidaxofepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4jtjk6db5qmvmf4hskg5748qjg/datepiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a10e8fe77---luxaviparugubuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlato-eu.cz/upload/files/jijulimin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ty-universe.com/image/files/20210630_234644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentauto23.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58074740445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f85d48f608---68870670835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/050da532b39b80003994a50583deac2c/situlezomupovikivuleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camwater.org/media/files/19463515464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clinicaepilepsia.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mesorukazagolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd4812885ff2edb1d3718f4e275ca19f/veletivez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indago-rovigo.it/userfiles/files/56542575249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed50f39a7f3---walofuzovore.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_off00011158.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11158 17084 bytes
SHA-256: 28a7573215206e2e79be0304214d2a5d42801f9c5c962ce3d1beff4745a8bc21
font_01_sfnt_off00013e13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001562a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1562A 10652 bytes
SHA-256: d2725d2399f66ee871a63b45e6e51a7590167d0696140061083900f378045a6b