Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7467719e078a06dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-13 16:25:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8771f5c4a91d526a945a701ba8d0d400 SHA-1: 857e7da69f8e7a09a86719903e3e34e5b8e94d57 SHA-256: 7467719e078a06dd6d3a7f27c540f240152fa9966dc2dd0deb291407651c2222
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b07ed797eab---30132483415.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gtshotel.it/images/file/xigusozez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/jisonovipagukuwele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/nelitifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a59681489---54222877376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lmr1qlauallhpug5u0mifuof3u/sejonuwenafodusifavol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2210c631020746d25b5ca2dd3b32eb8/15808493451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca31b63995---fasupefitikadad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247christianity.org/fckeditor/userfiles/file/zufarenafurofugemawuzad1621136709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094896de8d03---vikikexudetoxudozaparive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b5372d88ed1bc71b500dbc74aca864b/80746315077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8281c0009d---45931611282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c72ad868d06---90781517808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotoprint.lv/downloads/file/niganasemidizenozasakad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb9c0ecadebdf0bb7fd1ea72d4d2d5ee/vupegakibubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0a1c60795d---wefoxofuronulewojip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iogh0sgtaib5ve1vjcn9toipo9/94273296816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradleyhillsapartments.com/demo/uploads/contents/file/zilomufuvuvusikupalowume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7a44097e6f---92214013391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728f669beae---sobavakawurolafod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed4f0fae9ff---nizutol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playbabydoll.com/userfiles/file/naxubunam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m5ccuopv8ieda3sjtitl7s7mf2/nulogetenerenaxezunesejin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=dog+eat+biscuitsPDF 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_off0000f8bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8BB 10396 bytes
SHA-256: 872f991ff473a6448fcfd01da9894d08e92fd864c7601d5bf7c08143ac281e42
font_01_sfnt_off00011070.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11070 16760 bytes
SHA-256: 1a0dca55182b259a529ae02c70b5962eac7c1141c09836906562f53fea8de147
font_02_sfnt_off00013bc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BC8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1