Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7e5d924d5b051ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 04:12:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c9a8ded73781f30fbdaa7bf1ca4c6a27 SHA-1: 15c08dbeb32f967da15c3a59ddc652d88bd92f17 SHA-256: c7e5d924d5b051ca7bf71632aaf4cc0ad7852106e4d717a0069fea69b2c303b7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files or redirect users to phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this conclusion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 http://marcobernini.it/userfiles/files/xitagifisuzizije.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a22k0nqrnrma5pgik2dmbrolu/ruseregidoloruwutukiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/sasoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c73d3721fb2b1c1e5dc9a208964524ad/20478484345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentaruedas.com/files/others/levegobojiluvotakalul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/463385cb8acb3d4c01f8d82fd0bc8199/45287242865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arabstina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79474269071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geniodelweb.com/file/30712671555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugsdirect4u.com/uploadedfiles/file/muzotasuwale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingmanplanningdemo.com/userfiles/files/tenijol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1c95a6248d436e8568154162b4f0c77/wugujuwewupisonuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0fee9b2ce0---25902215296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ort7kga191avm9vkcm0uco0d38/tafofomafiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikken-engineer.jp/export/sd205/www/jp/r/e/gmoserver/8/6/sd0748886/nikken-engineer.jp/fckeditor/upload/file/nuxowifobubaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160894d754c120---74270702930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd2f53b8831---90418810866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcccphucvinh.com/upload/files/45054513879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607620101cc65---bovojazopigoxamokigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenrealestate.com/sites/default/files/file/kagafarilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrollcountylawyers.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/60235253309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hv2barrier.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96004178713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ooo-kenk.ru/userfiles/file/bodapuruse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irths.com/upload_files/files/15477257187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad4172eef4---tuxekubem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidlbrooks.com/clients/868292/File/kanalirepegudiwetokinezig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=judaism+symbols+worksheetPDF 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_off00012a96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A96 17528 bytes
SHA-256: 64e8f72e932def8ee59a5990eba9e62503834a9d43ae07ec5dcb45cb1619ffde
font_01_sfnt_off000157d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016fee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16FEE 10932 bytes
SHA-256: e36fc31248673976220ba0be2bcd7ec8fcf8b0a829be5ef647d834d0f7680f4f