Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7ad653b368814f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.6 KB Created: 2021-07-29 23:57:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 7b9b05c4176bb1eb17e65b34473fe0b7 SHA-1: b0689744be164d1b7bd1877ea9946bb2468df08a SHA-256: e7ad653b368814f868427baead0504a0e4929267c9463a914c36478421f15f5a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070cbc8b9ed8---39558138372.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084247502b11---94110274059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a66bdb0fded---18046747751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ticaproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/desinapobitabajatumesun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7e614b36f3---69293642582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc2776b26c---45055108440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/zurebelalulukutaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onellenorzes.com/uploads/files/7863080217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fb63d6c69863412318cb256bcb93330/xupitosibewegijikusifebor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efe6aa0323c---duborepemoxevuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/838f9724b55f76407fd709abaa1cb157/90804962028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cezartravel.hu/userfiles/file/rifoneguxejozorov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlargo.com/uploads/files/roridilemivowasaxabufam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/69954115126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a34a8f7f771---42984372685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609233818644d---58901133469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e655a8011---jopomodimetazexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db780c0168---fafav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gonguyenkhoi.vn/upload/files/72052105479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elite-nails.pl/Upload/file/76608373424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanvexe.vn/webroot/img/files/20109687992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99914fcb9c413b97d73bd16285b9371b/79306384765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8883ee279f---96887223430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://murtenhof.ch/userfiles/files/juduwofulojururaratel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8064539dc---busaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+most+effective+classroom+management+strategiesPDF 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_off000135b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014dca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DCA 17656 bytes
SHA-256: 984fb247f433e9c90c2d0a05864aba13c2c0971b7a6a801a01f68466c9b316d4
font_02_sfnt_off00017bb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17BB9 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 174b59efef3e8f5bb2162712be4b93f75f768c59f361206f8b1e9e264a080aa8