Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7634d4207eb21d20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

128.9 KB Created: 2021-08-07 15:08:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3dd4a9e1b5db299723a65cb74ed0158f SHA-1: a555a9c8a46ec21d65a1f6ee9d241e3dc53b9566 SHA-256: 7634d4207eb21d2043f637e7e3bc0e2dee894513b92a8f58106f332200aae707
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and the ML classifier's high confidence score further support this assessment. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm nature of the document is a strong indicator of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lecturas+de+comprension+lectora+con+preguntas+para+bachillerato PDF link annotation
    • https://larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/55818920470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/mafil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbb2e214a47---zowoful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohsclassof73.com/clients/9/9a/9a21b0b253f7c4eafe662346d237c286/File/62115346345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/97066329338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fed36ed0aab---pisuradutepewigazivuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a8694187e---zusogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bitree.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dirodaxokekufawage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b41a623fb1---vonusebosadufidazunuxumad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096b2044af12---xalubogifopefox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/rupadijanugeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ranagro.com/files/4120918196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pngroup.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52534591189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuaphatlailongthanh.com/upload/contentFile/minhchau/file/47409205623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c3v3rs8qogfo01of2uc4rp3pj/94386951348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatnhapkhau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30868068117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c159849860f---64593055421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/15817098728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.com/uploads/ck_editor/files/23203474656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8537c24b4e9bf4c6d4875efd6cbc5e21/wetubitakaxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7c3f952b7---41134759614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e9439784e77---savakar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca24c8f254---26474793222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/165b099b0041b28e1af05d9e2e4dad62/pebuvijufewiropojisasat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teleinwestor.com/userfiles/file/zosakavadawesivurerugivuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off000190a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x190A9 11160 bytes
SHA-256: 9449ac39cb80a49b6b5b918c950b29872d5e13433290a80a30828e97cf1019f6
font_01_sfnt_off0001aa12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AA12 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001c224.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C224 19436 bytes
SHA-256: 9eb41893e3be29d8154b0494fa33bde0d71daf158016f90d9e43f2d97d38c2cd