Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7380db336743dcb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 17:52:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 8055b83367531798a575640b6b37a3c2 SHA-1: 48313ee4b008f3c2c2a31075ccc3d603a5c10c6c SHA-256: f7380db336743dcbfa9331ec0359a7d0de99ca3f76ef0d25d27212f4374d1ffe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are structured as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing malware. The primary function appears to be directing users to external, potentially malicious, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a33657deb1f07494dc56bd58e931a412/lipelipogarexezeronomo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://homenet-spb.ru/userfiles/file/62133122258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q2o03a3cml1u7andel9v46j2g1/kulurifexutosiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608777e6f2076---sinetapebasuxejamuvuvene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tm04ac4mn3c8p1m52lcoq2q1v4/wowanarudir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607077ef6eb2a---zikefos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/80986746348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c64950bc3a7---30646317857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad486h7785l1l8ts77ddk8l0bo/muzojeriwutevuxesun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a799eeac4c5---kelavekaforoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25824383228ed960a2c841251ea41fac/87480502066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782412b7465---metogit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sitoad.com/bbqjoekey/files/202106160326495605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e62f0713ecdf56d117d40b73a7875322/figarodatesajokivovivaxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f0d478fb50---7248384361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751b483f391---sosevevosibumege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ten4g8hdu4bfbp85l7vahjaa8/47240340684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d1c4c7fb4---51091990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banlinhkienlaptop.com/userfiles/file/kuvelonunesebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a9be39c38---68010578500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae289ed15dd---72109674010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf00948365b---xogunimiminokubuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=rottweiler+boxer+mix+for+sale+near+mePDF 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_off00010f59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F59 17596 bytes
SHA-256: 24e64c6e5f8d08b27281962c66648314571089a706ca8e93589c1516d32df217
font_01_sfnt_off00013dc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DC8 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 7a550953b65b7d623f41fb3167e643169f8822469f7ec8778214027608df8cfd
font_02_sfnt_off00015697.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15697 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1