Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7bf6b6ec2087e3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.3 KB Created: 2021-07-14 05:36:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2293410ae8a8cfcfacdcd3b0e43db803 SHA-1: 9f33e2f23128d5d28cf4c8e0d164cf86645c588e SHA-256: f7bf6b6ec2087e3b2874729ce637a265b38e4961f69bbfe3e8d25e1ed94bf8ad
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage or disposable domains. This structure is indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious verdict.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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 http://taiwanglassgroup.cn/userfiles/file/60870914316.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607764d121ef9---xulonajetiwudup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyzoan.com/cake/beta/userfiles/file/nefofeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1f3bto3etn4dh87lnofibhfa1/kinegekibixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/59987450999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semineebrasov.ro/printuri-fi/files/rowonigujawiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b811e09bbcc---ketebajuvolif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1eae5db0fe9c0b17d75fdd18b69cbff/rupepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f60e6ed2fb---76102675064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laboratoriodiprogettazione-ve.it/userfiles/files/nozaxitidagejagiregij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f23985e82d79d4826787737489f7a15e/86371276644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ra46e8kk6lu0t4c8djf4c19o2j/kanufowuret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc9af0b849---tasedijizuvitisasefazon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/jelarorizet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3rip106ilo0rfuhfku8ptsef03/84281758639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df7d1b116a---koluluzotiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/fepus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca55cd9614---11950042708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iqvvgda9enoegmotdf6mrn4mj5/53842579850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05f929e0f34b227f256f01588104021f/satusedutazipaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shihtzufurbabies.net/clients/d/d3/d383cf0c90cf2d2391705d5438694b4c/File/lodazumepizugeraxifer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f5940f40db---4084705112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eska-lift.ru/userfiles/file/50012155698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hubbardfamilycircle.com/clients/62940/File/zidoxesaxokeraja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c54675e439---rugazetin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=malaysian+folktales+storiesPDF 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_off00011352.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11352 17356 bytes
SHA-256: d95ea0760185381e7240a00adfb6c49e5f73846c18b0bc9fd85dbe8f9a5ddbc0
font_01_sfnt_off0001404b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1404B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015862.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15862 10404 bytes
SHA-256: 38a9208c7d6f584ea97c4b573624f775b7fc0a4d23059968233398e93ef36760