Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7102ffa9e4b5d2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:02:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d675daaa5294fdc780e109781a7d3fe8 SHA-1: 4f0c05fc4133cb6153c3512510b0e1dc76696a27 SHA-256: f7102ffa9e4b5d2e0f6afb444b073119079c29770f143fdbe6510cc0927633d6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories on various domains, identified as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these compromised sites. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL findings are sufficient to assess the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae20052a903---mokivirikadosijesopolili.pdf
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eca2e36326---belapomari.pdf
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c306ec508---51867710875.pdf
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oidtjt8idq6dd5ghqh9q5d3uac/18702788981.pdf
    • http://cappellastudio.it/userfiles/files/23715268841.pdf
    • http://stinpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tavetaza.pdf
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607364e000570---34206141144.pdf
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c91b62965---mobiwibupazibiderefezabiw.pdf
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/83768172174.pdf
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/17466196620.pdf
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f9c6ccb1a4---revefabepumolakavenixikaj.pdf
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2aae74bc6---22933143638.pdf
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075405fcaedd---50510027381.pdf
    • http://hayatteknoloji.com/webimage/file/44998213319.pdf
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52553186d1db0c546ef7c66cd8d945b9/56340250892.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609846677ab0f---razawomopi.pdf
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb546931f4e---86674741553.pdf
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/272794c63ff77cde4525fa0fdd0fcbf3/zukuwitobelonufukezukew.pdf
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0346435d772d6f0cf5bea3b42df5a9e/57629564271.pdf
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d276052fe81a9445811393cb982201d2/22871647215.pdf
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c51d5ofl1qtd37hlljp3oh01pm/40980511948.pdf
    • http://mankatomnclassof71.com/clients/e/e0/e0e8961458839910853a12af65841b27/File/86944006632.pdf
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iobe1hls29615lmlfcn8tbk9ht/ratibabapepubajetovona.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a596ee1fc88---82767947164.pdf
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/370a53574c20414691c08d63273dfdb8/webugetugit.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=my+phd+thesis
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f5e9.bin
5c2774379e4887a16e8cca949bf98e58aa61e146e39dc0703c37111400cf8985
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5E9 16724 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012122.bin
5f23012b53f2955f685cb0998575580ff0efbbf1c59ae13c9fd2e6b8863a1b96
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12122 10064 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000137b0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137B0 16792 bytes