Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca7e8de210d1a568…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-06-25 19:43:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 449314d178239856dd12a1b025c71147 SHA-1: b3ec69ef8c7a578a3ad47c49f8fcfb85c0142735 SHA-256: ca7e8de210d1a568e7691ef39c066f8fb3fa05625456ebeae2132a6fa2027415
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to direct users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/96486295821.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b681efd8a5921b10369125532adb195/9356851614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a168aed25---zorenifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d9487444f1---nanapikerulupobefepujof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l8gi8q2e4ills003rf3e80k0in/1740782491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741812e6b60---vojakezupazovolof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfd0cab838a421dd0f899383b5b6f60d/5238862402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/fivisadeziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a43e24fb4---83356575980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e2a61ae7bd---gezowumogela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teenaramainc.org/clients/875997/File/41096164336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ae6ef701778f38e870f9c854fc23c81/69274951845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3d2946b3eb---sofonunuvelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/dowanoxilabexarinoduduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b7f476a267eba314c09ac713b7d3311/79999496601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warungmimpishio.com/contents//files/67867214398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609923215b319---bapiwifezunafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizerproductionprocess.com/d/files/65971983181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mongolia-volkslift.com/uploads/files/16093375340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/56224218504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgt.eu/uploads/file/bobup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d29c7df8d274111f7a3b5cce762c600b/66919612177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talleresimad.com/images/subidas/files/vekox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pass-eco-energies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lagadazovevav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad370d0f70a---zosumuxonibogukum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=paying+traffic+tickets+onlinePDF 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_off0000bf2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF2D 15912 bytes
SHA-256: 9491060d1b056b26d49df17ac3e46c8cd44116644abe5b5d43446c903845bef0
font_01_sfnt_off0000e83b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE83B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010052.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10052 10716 bytes
SHA-256: ef5ba8d243a693e21d3bb369da30c8b7bc38a6dce4e325023804eb7995047521