Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7cc62d39b07e125…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-14 07:12:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f4bf94869b076fb146ac52a818412981 SHA-1: 6351c3438d336721267801ac58004b68167e8762 SHA-256: e7cc62d39b07e125619643573679c1bd2bb3419bfa992896f573bbd35405d9bb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf97901f01---binarisikin.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021051200021011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91832827e93a276cbd2b1014d31400fa/tuditabodeluka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02biq6ro09rbuacl9vt9r55l4b/76677924740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59a4350fc9d54f0c341bf1676fa3a854/11321309335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c45927f96---varefifenisudivarirakosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elitelawnsolutions.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98g0oi0uj3uljpso6f07tbht5q/venikurapipali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apisicul.com/userfiles/files/jinitit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurier48.pl/files/userfiles/file/doxinotimosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/574418c54750cff386d693543878c4ae/lesevurodiwapudak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/551698d5312591d96d95843022a0f2a8/bajajovuvatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743acac74ba---96434183650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b168e642084d8f2c8c49b4416ccf316/74253229840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rm8pdbq87dtlgqebe6dto348a0/20860786787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d30490faa1c67e9e227f9edffef8dfde/tobibirenopadix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remaining-mc.de/userfiles/file/kulejopowekejoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a05d76478---2220712837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lfddkdnr7o73v7li8b1hpvilv5/tumajarawavikuzakif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b21896c94---rizadidobomifis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3akl5l0k4ccqkpfiih2b7ejjno/baredizuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775afe2fbb6---falizopevovafewuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rokakisreunion.com/clients/a/a8/a85ca1e4cfc2bb88d767af442173b437/File/pozeliralavatiket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d55fc0a1682---87914746229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d63aceccb---42232785295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47ba72476b4d9b5cfcfc0206bbbad433/93035343829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=popi+consent+clausePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000df08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF08 16088 bytes
SHA-256: 21ff46de98f0902b53a5c0c946916a1dd4551bbaa4204463728281c4bc54dda8
font_01_sfnt_off0000f43c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF43C 16296 bytes
SHA-256: 48c52264b45670429ce88b3cd88037a76dd4f9deb2d08971e7524d7501c0670f
font_02_sfnt_off00011e42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E42 10368 bytes
SHA-256: e6beb01ced9ad0fafa2c14ce5f60bb724c769daff73eb6b44606e7eba55557e5
font_03_sfnt_off000135df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1