Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc7fa0cac0aba99b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 12:45:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 65ce2ec8b4dac4c7f7a39efd9e0c9756 SHA-1: 10f3c7522da79511becbfb22f0a7976ecb0d2009 SHA-256: dc7fa0cac0aba99b9a293c0ec8407d3b730a04e98f99a118dbcbe2feb6401cd2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it's a Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. Numerous heuristics point to the PDF acting as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites. The embedded URLs, such as 'https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=you+can+be+the+happiest+woman+in+the+world+pdf+download', suggest a lure for potentially malicious content.

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=you+can+be+the+happiest+woman+in+the+world+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f02039c9e---zizonufujilel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ejmk.com/ej/upload/files/pababenaxubekazodaxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c3a044f55b---6633869477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/fotomurinamagos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k3falp59l8f16dgqjuljemjut1/kenadoduxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cbeb4b7c78---23200204511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/wizesaregebibukuwomejojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac91aa851f---39093226988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gertiesbloomers.com/kousumi/nulook/upload/fckimages/file/47808085633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doktor-ara.com/userfiles/files/rupobitofosopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098f93dbc3ed---kefunumepefofemoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a83e3e266---71000755475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072dcb703730---tikezizazexewofinide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa21106d680997a513ced465a7bb8f1d/31901853421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/021909506512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef56c84e967351a404b2a7428e7f9359/kusukavuwekevulofig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39534aad723ce6de2cd302117024865d/dijibuzefizemamapuzew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/winili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b314854dc5---sorozil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c725512e35---78472151302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608185a49b01d---nigajogudif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608428cae0cff---lagilipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f06df27bb1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0beb20d54acb97aa6d58fe9aeb09a651/43627798992.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_off0000bc66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC66 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d47d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD47D 11192 bytes
SHA-256: dfe33e3756c62e6cc960de39f9826dbf4e06bc04d754709056f0d2924cf03582
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE49 16460 bytes
SHA-256: d13aa4a464bf385b9a6faab2ad5501701ac31e242822cb726e9b466b1ed40cd1