Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7106321bf5ff3519…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-07-01 15:59:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 7910a0f22cad0c21d4ec7fed66a0570f SHA-1: f9c4916dafcd830ff30dadc652d65cf5fe62d083 SHA-256: 7106321bf5ff3519b108d34335acec01a462581a3ebd21142068b60484da8836
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, suggesting it's not intended for direct user reading but rather as a container for malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085858c6eb86---xagol.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://angkaganjil.com/contents//files/zazujowuwul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zegabilisim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/66823541423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://footstepfloor.com/upfiles/files/10575819398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160952b96d06e3---94438176827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de8d4aad78---90309252776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/87091014326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d0cce6479---58384734419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ty-universe.com/image/files/20210626_121343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://missinternationalbeauty.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/pejob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9qoi0ti88m92idp728h7solmd9/sejatupudaxefuduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097d380db301---voveru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcefd4d7f42---juwizufekol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jump360.co/upload/files/20210609082137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea70e8799fb8a5ab653f3afec53fc0f9/dagatenoputix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mearesandassociatesllc.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/99508598188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad5d788c9fb---15485085085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7ef5573887---rovetanejudulovara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgocsm.in/userfiles/file/piwavuwomitezelelab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a356e8807---67177393546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e09aea30d8df7aa9a9c20e7c8693714/vesitegeravoridudanaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/63002373242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c859f384e23---52840708300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e3804ab95a2bfe9d8f9a6c887d06408/83206711700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/gazuwofexikezavokadakudot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etpatatietpatata.com/userfiles/files/bofesakerunavapazavesup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=greatest+four+digit+numberPDF 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_off0000f939.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF939 18132 bytes
SHA-256: bc31c88f89d1d1559e0423a43dd0625160b3bca36c6b9087caabc7ccb0a98170
font_01_sfnt_off00012946.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12946 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001415d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1415D 10928 bytes
SHA-256: ba9427965c588329af359c367043a6b6bc33e82e4216ed6e79bd83a9807febc7