Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7d61f0dc7cedc9b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-25 22:22:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 78c416c2f05f799e4d38c9c9f4f3ec19 SHA-1: dadf97a21376bbed101deefb21eb1cc91fe2cb08 SHA-256: e7d61f0dc7cedc9b566e3015e9377a950fb0b39ab06c91ee60a2eb00fbba8c57
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a link farm and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The ClamAV detection further solidifies this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://ms02bet.com/contents//files/xezurejotoxotipikawipol.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/863caf9acffd24c029590c6b83fb2260/pewinumixelirekax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021051921080583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/60217715739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160890f97db824---33712116782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4507555b9f---tabubejiwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4seasonstours.in/userfiles/file/kesopalaxefiduzalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8f166a4ade---65488573282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toskov-yordanov.com/userfiles/file/7053914112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d3d41e8a9861fa15a847adcb98b34c8/sujodemosowapekozale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4323dbae95---28909959539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairytaleweddingsandeventsbymary.com/clients/f/f2/f272f95a0afb65faa7304057ec0e56f6/File/xebuvizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c205abc2cd0---43889795897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609338d1683b1---37494534904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiangka.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65924159750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c14c7e362---rudikinesolumakeriripu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/687b969b8d34693fe8bbeb06f63b2277/pejepovakewofemojew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607546e6779e7---90932552420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160996e83c4102---tojunopen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c4d4c01d6---jopenuduwijalajusajaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077596c947d7---22494893120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/46062600779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://instalacje-elektryczne.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12566122108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c40d643b9c---12792430210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liberty67.com/clients/41815/File/tibobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=what+do+you+mean+by+standardizationPDF 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_off0000f225.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF225 10876 bytes
SHA-256: e14c1a452c583526d7b94ebfdded101bbd6363572f56aec3a1e3cc8c943553c3
font_01_sfnt_off00010b28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B28 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001233a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1233A 17220 bytes
SHA-256: d2f8963e771de36e99b294ce822478afe41769972418f89a97f53f66d46e54a3