Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7399c76eced87fc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 23:14:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7ac7c053b1a4255d0a32f7cde302e18f SHA-1: 50368ab896c2186cdd14b6bf96b75f143bfb98e0 SHA-256: 7399c76eced87fc2439ba5830db9bcdaa0abed24d43fc06162156dbc915c05d7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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 related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://maslatalaia.com/userfiles/file/vazisaxomagefujovizozeg.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c39e109373---99563837825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computergramm.com/userfiles/file/kusoranejurapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95accdde85c49690df46c1bdc5b6b843/kokomubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://misionesmedellin2030.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rgrvp8kcc2d3m9g2h9a36jnvmr/9613181649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9cf646a811---xotedafoxezuduvojid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivo-mebel.ru/upload/file/fesap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangonebike.com/uploads/file/retedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jqrhkh7gfjcg6kmieacrf490e1/24232230859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aytekinpolatel.com/image/files/63806339670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021060606460494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhigh65.com/clients/4970/File/lisisakafuvivet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c734c46c303---bukogemixisike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6be1eaa7828afc2d36bf2c9542099c28/37818245898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffa16d9734b2b470cb4c18ab62de8f22/dorakaran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd564fcf769---dogewatusagewilid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4c92b0dc51---96562103785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd438cbdc2c2e0d8b9d2b4db55b16050/ranofuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704fc5ca328---23912933448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/gorovudadowomokogudefeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a4bf4cf0afe1fca613c418d2eefdfef/wefidulufawodexupez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/961cec6de9fd1adb52d6bf15c5b5d478/16248443247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45863a3d9b---13880516773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=reach+truck+test+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0000efb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFB7 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 8d9f3baad2a647a9f9af01b197d61831e96426322ca67c919e958b489dfcb328
font_01_sfnt_off000108c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120D2 17876 bytes
SHA-256: d8566c44a0fc57d1010be6c2eedac70c55337111b7cc7a7b9d35777b53ae97cd