Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d07dca79eebd0c34…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-05 03:47:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8ab5de40c9f2df0716a35375cb5a45a8 SHA-1: bceb7ad7c8ae31cc65b5d0f93fb62d50bb4a77c3 SHA-256: d07dca79eebd0c3445719495ec39182bf5ef2eb6d0edf9d178b04f1d6189d927
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The presence of numerous URLs, including one with a 'utm_term' parameter suggesting tracking, points towards a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=jaw+problems+with+prolia PDF link annotation
    • https://novzelandiya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80957655619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871fd65d1da---wujoninezajugazetesirimuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/45375299432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777f705230d---walogumukubosefoviwit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5acfad340f9770b1be709794d2c0893/vavigofaxoladopij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdsvieclam.com/upload/files/desobeleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jobinapotinijuzimukase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ee0eadb82---16354213741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c4986cb46b113993295f42beb88f943/14514748982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/or106i98dmspuqhceg0frdmt9q/96220812721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160deafc0696db---selexedizobal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwalabamaave.com/uploads/files/lipomoxarajiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc75f7869ff88e5e64cb7e33df95ecad/3401472831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070bf0a3aae4---felodokerawozujovigag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///41865962115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasteofruraleurope.eu/upload/File/sutuduripemudusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x04ydivan.ru/userfiles/file/riwozegewirusupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd359734cbc---23052157424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i2bveps3q1dl7qpresc9cestf5/mekidurumagurikat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautifulmoda.com/userfiles/files/ziwadibeduwiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nie6a533flknir8rdic642h807/wetukofabunupejem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techson-cctv.com/upload/file/towuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/36806807587.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_off0000f24b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF24B 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 2adcb4559e83dacc8cf3f7b7e3aa45725c4e369c2726be680e05559363d0507c
font_01_sfnt_off00010a78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A78 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001228a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1228A 16812 bytes
SHA-256: a792f10cfe7b352245326540d6063736c8339d45fe59c18fc70cbd81080e7387