Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7e8e59a9dd5a7de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-08-16 21:12:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ff049de3d6fb736a4606aa1c22d4de48 SHA-1: 3ac7c6d2f845e237dafa8f7660b15046309e1dce SHA-256: f7e8e59a9dd5a7dedb152c5520ed6752c90664d8eb757df4e28b3c5975fcf288
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm directing users to multiple websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The file's structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to lure users into clicking through to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9925

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.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7i09o4do605sdqcfe8h6q23m2/77018271581.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j57croc86peadbprkf4i529ql2/45054060727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherryontop.pl/upload/fotki/file/23394511504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fw-simple.com/uploads/files/resujufipejotuvujir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuadiemtayninh.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/lunijarebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de13c3c20a1---zebemawafunuzupibeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaowei.tw/image/files/20210618_045638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa778a889756363145e2f085be5beaf4/72072231035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/93746575885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cqc-material.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/60339125415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa924326767---totuviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://childhood-matters.com/clients/49507/File/lagujaratamubamuvuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba1d562ca39---52617201919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/kibetumewovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipublicity.cz/data/file/vexejeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parvazyab.net/basefile/api203/files/35444673479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lenosada.sk/editor_uploads/files/dakizipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/92500626655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mictrogiang.com/userfiles/files/74463369746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f2d312080b07c0f0f102416859d7667/rawowubaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d20c8d36c---nixawuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da40af3e6fc---74855249392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l13l2k7tsdo7j45u7c9r5jpbki/gipevixeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burke-gallonfamilyreunion.com/clients/28163/File/22460335052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0aca3a157d21e4a4cc58d46f191eb314/31317047052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8cf00ee3c0---ximunatozonasepew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+best+chili+saucePDF 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_off0000e59b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE59B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDB2 10236 bytes
SHA-256: 3b3725e33fd95b2fb2c811ceebabedbaeb7a0e244a84fda301701a598f1852c6
font_02_sfnt_off000114d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114D6 17276 bytes
SHA-256: 54299e2619a0babcf525483a1ba0e0585e33e223be109d6095c5e7edcc2670ea