Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7eab82b1990d35a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 06:56:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9aa6be4e8bf78db53ef49f8e9e822b67 SHA-1: c44ef68d2927f5f6c42b1548650dc103547c3307 SHA-256: d7eab82b1990d35ab3aef2bb92e81eab77a101037a60577c70bb5167223b8cc5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identified as phishing or a trojan. The presence of link farms on potentially compromised CMS uploads suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e91a5ac16be---tenoxipapepexuvepezap.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a1a6ed0b3---rosoxadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mustwalge.ee/data/content/files/julopegajogemivuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atraba-holding.com/userfiles/file/jokopogaguluzuvutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionklara.cz/userfiles/file/bebiketifisego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/nunowuxusatok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf8758f456---zigipikaferike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/kefam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acrclubinversores.com/files/galeria/files/puganenunogunarakev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garantc.ru/userfiles/file/41322100021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilprato.eu/userfiles/files/16599998452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlmberatung.ch/userfiles/files/zimejuvewakufeguzuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d2d0ec33b---68438889858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j12o774vdb4njuvhb3str8n4r9/61115411496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/sinafazifiwevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073192e6d8ba---jonen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f32f676c70b5f30728efce973125f3f/67304511492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobryremont.pl/ebobas/portal/app/webroot/img/tmp/file/16245667303149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wulf-sanitaer.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/spnv00eh6kdohhil3skr31qmur/firebokiwuronomaxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bud-drog.pl/userfiles/file/61495634040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zegabilisim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/desujubupopagafajifisixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a2504d351a54fdd86e9e2692501999a/42522063349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d97a5be66---80532427668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b3f6e4a3a---93195828478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcbc3399.com/upload/files/70907527007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=parker+hydraulic+hose+crimper+manualPDF 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_off0000df8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF8D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7A4 10988 bytes
SHA-256: 24ea0380ea687b1fb2677f1bc17a6a888e3aa72f2ccc6d4739e7ac0e777ede28
font_02_sfnt_off000110ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110EF 18800 bytes
SHA-256: 113477e6367897d8f9dca0d67fbcc17415241cca528aa690afea8390f482c19c