Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7fc52085a35db48…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-07-18 11:35:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 91cafffcecebb724bc97292d0e926faa SHA-1: 48f98c2da01ad04f1a0431a70ca1834e9297710a SHA-256: e7fc52085a35db48a17c47008ba2b1ba49de1a1aa981b1bb0cc90e56ec3369f7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lead users to malicious sites or download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL findings are sufficient to classify this as a malicious link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://bioscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/84486264256.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff6d0hic1ns576rhpcner0gta3/39594671639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbbb594fee3---79165947877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d497f35b51d128886d707f68f5ea0a01/sufaxubiturebuxufumileri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gimenezricarte-deltabogados.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32618727571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maihome.hu/admin1/file/gunapulagixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebell-city.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuxujuvapafidesoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angerdress.store/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sanizujurixikapozoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ride.hu/images/uploads/files/76102093181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abf44b5375---39274738888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0a98759f34---52160542345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ell0ti5rj6vd642tf4oedqfp87/wumuduzusudububonuvawizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpi1pusat.com/contents//files/tojapanirixukovote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39c3666c88f4a2806a8d133db8ef1624/30948032218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe94651e8f56ac28d7ae4cd7ccae237e/79227070917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aba8b30170b---36501670711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k8cp8r5dnaukqed8e3nv1lgtk5/6105114180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc9c347bec9---dulesevexilumasubugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/30049317773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5209d705841f22f60d363c9f5722ba9c/tunujowosaluvibuvefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aaaxxion.info/images/file/97320896087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/puvaxogakimododoloxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddb0f6c9f51---lomolatesededusij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad76146340f---xubiwebet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=winters+center+for+autismPDF 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_off0000dcc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCC1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4D3 16848 bytes
SHA-256: 0a8805009adf209d78ece6ca4b0c0059cd4f437f4d1e20b04abf7d30b3b19677
font_02_sfnt_off00012094.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12094 10544 bytes
SHA-256: bb3d7c8fb3c778cbe727440436872cdd62e2d0462e94aec40c7d2b4afd151cd4