Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7463e724e9b02c4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-07-18 03:08:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7f27d11b8a883a7cb41624fceee1f6e8 SHA-1: b9f91a9fdbaf0367ef6d9b7b144e56d72279806d SHA-256: 7463e724e9b02c4fba994cad87edd98a51aa6a9604059860d5f716620c45e31c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable binary data, limiting further analysis of specific payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e3e258fe5---51585341676.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ciar.vn/uploads/image/files/53803525570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2fkb78vjsugengfpnli8vh728/95567864608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/061509756dbcf5682b66959b0fdb0cb6/senugub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9bfcc6d99f---55711451803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64ba94ea4137379676d5cfb1d82a7072/denajesufitijafawej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stressmanagement-karriere.de/userfiles/file/nodewobanewafejemepoguni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160790b45c3c30---83708202440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e76e16d41---mokexadanuxuwenifowenudov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bd0029eb5b250fa83dabf35cf21c79b/76240563779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thomasbelldescendants.com/clients/40432/File/542508724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaszemin.com/files/nubotatufozigekedevigetem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/saxoxelekixodovevugoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3740766e2---89357400320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.polni.si/Images/files/24578847947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/files/sewedopixifigoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/mogefimiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/asvfhnit54v6egi5tuf121t9j5/nejajulafipuvufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608807d88ba0a---sumokovapomekuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castrolmintabolt.hu/images/upload/file/44581866641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f23985e82d79d4826787737489f7a15e/86371276644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioturina.com/userfiles/files/50117230925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df21c52d4c---ravesojamaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teenaramainc.org/clients/875997/File/19115216375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=harness+race+resultsPDF 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_off0000b801.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB801 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d018.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD018 10104 bytes
SHA-256: d22956c7e96d5417d340676ce6591a579894ae7ca5c3d34576414125356380d7
font_02_sfnt_off0000e6b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6B7 16020 bytes
SHA-256: 98c3b28c55c8d0156d02dc24b45bfe5331bc642f0f2ebeaad754e991aa7704b7