Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc7da9926df377ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 22:15:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b4d707eb83a44740c97cb4ef62d69d11 SHA-1: 7cb91f7f93e6eea9325f670e00cb30d0fcd5ee45 SHA-256: dc7da9926df377ad7d5fb9ef95e86f4f40febf491f974633d3a76f00b20d34ec
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, with several heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Some of these links point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a tactic to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jowoviwupapotuludimebe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://duoctruongxuan.vn/userfiles/image/file/20183124117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmina.ru/uploads/files/72602572690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malifer.hu/upload/file/matax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onderdurdu.com/upload/ckfinder/files/29563119078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/30184745443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nt-module.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34967425989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613978eeb8668---kebijatotuwejotemed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.theknowledgeonline.com/files/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ginenazukeriwefawez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovistar-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55306293370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pvcmikser.com/upload/files/duvenikibosopax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137ebe125cc1---safojovaresaxerujisam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6a503e6310eeab526ba3b185aae1c4c/xekirigewolotifuwiguposij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blpest.com/UserFiles/file/jamapek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kgmda.com/upload/files/zuzeniromimelivewixozeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eurosecurimed.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/garigedidirix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://club-integra.ru/userfiles/file/58590132422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae580cc40f165dbbc49677d376a2122e/54665841008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613194f917881---dotokida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maivietnamesecotati.com/uploads/files/sasipuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce9134a0aa1295a09acb03a5df642dc9/lusifopafoxetuduxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3663883ba2aa9f5960452a51a328464/ralutifajatajipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161382d2686545---49503979258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sooam.com/files/fckeditor/file/206794103161339b3d13815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=free+vpn+server+apkPDF 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_off0000be05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE05 10024 bytes
SHA-256: 65c846443eded6d396c4f1d4db7ca72ddd1a1cc6f154255b095b97f5b0b6513a
font_01_sfnt_off0000d465.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD465 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC77 17396 bytes
SHA-256: 6e994640e8e96238335c83da2d7d0e221a89c49f37b22a1fd750e46c7e4c3c1b