Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7c997bd6df26dbf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:47:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4ecb372dea4338fe89e0b465b31ea4e7 SHA-1: 6d1c56e837c9aa06857b49cc8d64494da46cc8e4 SHA-256: e7c997bd6df26dbf0eb5a8b96421efc357074c50e26b68a9d2f51061a1df39c4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the heuristic firings suggest a link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=manual+gearbox+car+parking+apk+indir+download PDF link annotation
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/046ec1d7c89fd583569a87aad8564097/64867481566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/rilobanim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairway.cc/images/blog//file/20868446875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://led7.ru/file/5863397935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albawadiroad.com/userfiles/files/pujadipulesijofosamape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holidayinntorino.com/userfiles/files/xetotesozutofareziso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6489ae53fd---57071455565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/dojimawamiwisedoxemubox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d848554f995---vebutuvijumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanmorales.es/userfiles/files/23814408829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ntgfagbsp9n7vd4ipvqdi6hg2/tarepenezisukewasajulimev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fa546b93400619c74fce504f2c2143b/18146793800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabrikangka.com/contents//files/vafagimenokusiroxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.info/userfiles/file/vuzibidonosibuwapuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwan-casters.com/userfiles/file/naviranosozolivobiwumited.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e1af6165634612653f8579c39a0f27c/8469867181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/51168286715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vekosgroup.ru/userfiles/file/72650381887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/54484612879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unityproductions.com/upload/files/sukumopedegom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guowangcable.com/d/files/87794371212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/dusumum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a88495eab7a---ronivitejudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gloriamus.org/Uploads/userfiles/files/5190362897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e21882366327fd288bcba05c037271a/26517945656.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_off0000e86b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE86B 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 1d3d44fca2f20099d245cfecf4f8d90d72f93d6503baf4ba8c799b777ff52e5c
font_01_sfnt_off0001016e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1016E 20124 bytes
SHA-256: 164cbcbd7371d9e72ff8fa3b4dad6a50f110e464fc5ff9fcc8924ef504303102
font_02_sfnt_off0001362f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1362F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1