Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7b0383f134f9067…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 04:44:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 4e700fda7a3ca093cbddc14db6ca9d07 SHA-1: ddba78b2ff69097a8176e888745476cf85260a5b SHA-256: e7b0383f134f9067632adc75e8e1a83f70b8e87cc3dc42d1e1fe6f652c00413c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The file's structure as a link farm on potentially disposable hosting further supports its role in directing users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839f20bbd15---gepuwejajunigapijarom.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987ada8db99---wilezoginoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079cd988b0a4---xamexuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9qaqlj6q3jkbgn5iand03ncd66/maxemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkycc4.com/kycc4.com/userfiles/files/97349550060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a8797d04c3743eda4abac86a2a665da/43744652603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fresh-j.info/images/uploadedimages/file/geredimavefuzogoporobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b29089b1f8d---99350934629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/27658035774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/33028057276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m4dcgl3mnvdhcb8um7grl2fk33/47143493084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d7c74a509---25984900573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608237d3bd9c8---bedukofalulineruwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b9dbd762b---walazigevad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/tuzomudilukobukorugisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccarbotosani.ro/userfiles/file/vodefasudamaginibele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d57951134b---pasilufekepavifuduzarinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f497398bfe29678f2ab25977fd6ee960/48672922168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716f780f049---87064681992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/dajoduwojugakifavegot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a241209d2c3---3189988959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fio7pugh3jcfbmascd2sgslgc0/woravepenogasotirux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5i8rbrk4hrtii1c1qsv957nnq5/dozufumilagupob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09bd5510a2f15a4ecff3c4abe614eae3/50660563988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=numbers+1+to+10+in+roman+numeralsPDF 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_off00010fd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FD0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000127e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127E7 10660 bytes
SHA-256: eff2f4dac8163772624ee07774d85d3faa78a9f4b4557ebee169c90c9412db26
font_02_sfnt_off00014050.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14050 17172 bytes
SHA-256: d965910ac49ff2ae95d5b22948e1bd6a17d7d3c938d2dcbefb96856f4530236a