Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7a497443b429010…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-08-18 16:54:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8fefeb064b0e9d79f4c9bc6af8871163 SHA-1: 87eee25c3750e53298afdfd1e7b2e27062c008bc SHA-256: f7a497443b4290100720b9dd0acc35a4f32f4d544461b877ac6344c6c1b04dc8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports this, pointing towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL distribution are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lwarb+beta+download+apple+14 PDF link annotation
    • http://westboroughhigh76.com/clients/b/bc/bc4984db1d461a603911d7e4814e3e59/File/48840876963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/jiwebesozixavovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proia.bg/userfiles/file/savozepuroxenituzir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5655db5bff54d282320342a37f32209/36132070059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/csccu9540vgatun3iqu3t95sci/52619583457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p87qqrrnm11nijq4dleipgbfqk/66217570349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfb3cfab293---jepoxedoxopajetigokofoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ip-kamera-rendszer.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6280133974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoradiator.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/kuwinafefajokutusamupes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skillmapmagazine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91046991606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/30384621975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh1961.com/clients/878968/File/motizomipedelijukiminen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hitpoint.tw/userfiles/file/josolitopumetugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6aa500c595---rutujejusipadevuzebut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triatlonbizuterie.cz/sites/default/files/file/26814738820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinhadventure.com/uploads/file/ruloditamidowakevodap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/695ae603942d0f3e7b26cf0ea2bb7980/reparimomademewinar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c11faa607773a154a5d84d83c911920/wikiguzaregaxiviresewenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a71717871d7---nejuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio2.com/contents//files/pifiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autohondl.cz/userfiles/file/bojav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/pegareb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a784e0729c2---fapumefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-pub.com/files/files/30597941391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e81e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE81E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010030.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10030 16776 bytes
SHA-256: 2e6638168376be8dd96a55174d9cdff085ebd404283a8660d2ca2e1d2a4e945c
font_02_sfnt_off00012be7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BE7 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 59d641f9f60038fe2ae09c3feed3ab92f92b0b220c3d4bb45faba567d0b4c9eb