Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7121f1ad91ed4f37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-08-19 03:43:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e9a51d33b2f46674d0bb27996ac444a2 SHA-1: f06c464de9bd13dc94dc289719164a158e816d72 SHA-256: 7121f1ad91ed4f3748e4ababcd85d6002311127b129d7d03eaaa5e1a2dfc5314
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious content. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure indicate a likely spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093fb8280721---pekod.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a3ce8dfec---21955484964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ieqr4j1kijmqhoqrcugio37co1/52321313238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedule-plachty.cz/files/file/komor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5lovestartw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/51552547140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houstontca.org/Content/uploads/files/bifuzesefepewujiwedomagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07bf54b3c56a5f28baae44c3ec32830b/62105158751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160933fa1257d3---92306086909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cdc9ec6fee9c6f2b1008c944e95cdf2/48701044940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/sebobupiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ca1bb4a3fc0aa94133d0b505f5fe374/29970547032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53653de47a39e394991b251e57c1a145/39697072631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planetamama.ru/files/file/31634047132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stijsr.com/userfiles/file/80617178632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chingyi.tw/userfiles/files/79783499908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p0sctrini0rcipci0lngik8fl0/xonedumifosifanofore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceomit.com/fckupload/file/fajuleworufozojixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c2e4bf2df77ffe7ac4f8c1d0f5dd9c4/56310441573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/48992354423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/36479877034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/xakuzuwomubun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=tabla+periodica+pdf+a+colorPDF 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_off0000c8c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8C1 17628 bytes
SHA-256: 9fb5ca5af62966431f527bb6dd9d0da0e3464c035edeb827609981df639afabe
font_01_sfnt_off0000f596.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF596 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010dad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DAD 10348 bytes
SHA-256: 14333e8f5fc766a44495bfd5d485f34717224d8470a053fd315205c57f8ab6de