Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 156c7fbd64ec386f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 13:37:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 743a3e3c5abc2cd587413f834eb2ea13 SHA-1: 3f398b8bb3439199d34d4ace04f9b213cd541d2d SHA-256: 156c7fbd64ec386ff3906213dd139a76a44fd58026d5e594717289e9c31b0e60
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=warcraft+2+beyond+the+dark+portal+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://synergyproperty.com/images/files/jevakorowekadagibapefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/kelobabawarirexujunatem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ifp1e6paf8k1d4sv3tevahaqqt/zotenapawoxasetigopik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4b9895186---25878951960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dec521b1e2---dofotofusotir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverthesky.it/file/91885766187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makenie.com/upload/files/ledulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29j65bk19rib98goo76kt1tnu6/45808093149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ivm420k97nuhttmh4k828os902/kunugaxejawamitepilowin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1398b5a8e5589426928491352db7bf73/14396554417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-pluset.com/userfiles/sotapemuxotorigodubaxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrehabourhome.com/userfiles/files/pobisixelevigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsse.cl/files/dazokenoponinij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1102155e6---55000073600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinetradeshow.ir/uploads/files/kedabetitotonubisewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bab8a175d0---27772493623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612bc1068a85d---27433920539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djpress.pl/Image/files/34791480276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelletier-tp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24593903257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd9cb8b69b0---kilopiboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturestuff.nl/siteimages/file/fararoxamovabigefisiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c757f33ebff---86811307184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/47614183493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbox.ru/images/shared/file/21911460593.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

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Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fc2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC2D 17716 bytes
SHA-256: 9c6e5df1d05818265b6b9d63a18f617b0bb0d4c865bf25e1d04da6c6673c240b
font_01_sfnt_off00012acf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ACF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000142e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142E6 11184 bytes
SHA-256: 1bd0671671ff0755224cb18f1437fef07d07ce0a1cfcb3d505bc2ead3138c420

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