Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7b60b34b177731a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 13:19:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 5df11147fce93c0e058555fee8af71ce SHA-1: 1eb49790c711d32e6a0ca3e9b102a6eacf883b65 SHA-256: e7b60b34b177731abc49e4837b650850222d376f5e708ac8f48b657e2bf047fb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing to numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics points to a malicious redirection scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://short-story.ru/upload/file/figus.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f7d18d7312519c1279d94da3f507885/48328546010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p71hlobv4s0l0bloj6d0768a01/tudedimutolinodilajumupul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://napraforgohotel.hu/upload/file/rujibinosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oguzlarotomatiksanziman.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/detumunopaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.knickmeier.net/images/pageimg/file/992954909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a492af8fb7b---87867267779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e505p8l4qefqn6vjhcbumch1rl/wemotomawixiganosuruxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbestdesign.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/nejapuzoxaretu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spiuruguay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15860768584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03c3b6457db3421dde43777577ded2fa/44688133458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d45ce9e6a63---38158176070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c60a1c5aea6---mobalalupoxevomij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://security-m.jp/tool/images/file/88819228101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608303574aaf6---sakusudusolofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/tupivezifedivabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f46b78f8d7---manuravixefenibekorede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/42230533412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lbqkg52urvr99rrbsm8eh663fk/repewopebodon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25d827b22df27bbe584e8781e572b37b/50841259767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wisewood50th.com/clients/3/35/35ca2b70ae131fa39667c240906a3fe4/File/kopedorukabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winso.tw/userfiles/file/82416595663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cf3a99ea35fd81ddaa1d71c03f87145/xabokoxalejapuvowewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39739964938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804021dc830---ruvinodipuxopuwevesozix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=local+counties+near+mePDF 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_off000104d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104D9 17976 bytes
SHA-256: 3c81b2e6e36e89a5721f39c4dc9ee62e3cccb3d19f750bdd77af073214ef9ed6
font_01_sfnt_off0001344b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1344B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014c62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C62 10448 bytes
SHA-256: eca0be0d08d194a58076533c9409e7f3d6fbee70a220c6a0984d1fbb312ff19b