Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca7670822618a6b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:23:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9cd991301091c959cfbd58764fac4761 SHA-1: 7264f178542b40fae07592faa77a863ec8069be3 SHA-256: ca7670822618a6b97109f7efece3451397c8f692842b285af05a8a7ff200b456
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. The heuristic firings indicate it leverages compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, common tactics for distributing malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=contempt+of+court+act+1971+bare+act+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb9e1696690ca8b5d9b0e4a39bed1a2f/58354254264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/38524820809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sm.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mejuzasosifotev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa33a06d982---90410434673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80348d3ad8658bfe41b42c5d42b7234a/98755364668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dijladentalcenter-qa.com/userfiles/file/10802431633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbdc.co/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3782222263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelausiere.ca/upload/editor/file/puxogotolebiborupevovep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nmie15l2ruunop8mmqn05scsf2/kawukexuwojog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-5/file/55852081741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gachbinhduong.com/upload/file/44321220210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fadbf513c722dd143467d477b71e92a/nazinigewigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mulepariziwodimogamururap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colegiumaniucarei.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/milejezogukanuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/wuganovuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovechardonnayhills.com/userimages/sidobobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a97b9df67d---1138884736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haysalon.com/public_html/userfiles/file/3919224761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webelievedin1984.com/clients/6/67/676624d6593aa512bfa6e10e765af00e/File/sezefaber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saikekanglun.com/filespath/files/20210827070633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geo-equipe.it/userfiles/files/77438384218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svaz-podnikani.cz/files/file/tuzogerubobugivatekalimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1e11dcb90f---lekotavixaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21829cf85da4d1140d711c798d4904a7/somovejukiwobidukeles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bulgariapools.com/contents//files/17317377978.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_off0000e538.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE538 11016 bytes
SHA-256: d68009b29cfc5b265ece48580c05f15c1752e3278765a43b2b40d76d1c65aaa7
font_01_sfnt_off0000febe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEBE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000116d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116D0 18100 bytes
SHA-256: 86c20af48bbab45e2498dc7efdc9fa8244e27d06dcefd369285f1ff7d755381e