Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7723fc1e776c0788…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:43:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0841ff6f75beeb470e5175e7d5288c4c SHA-1: 62fde9108eda070f138feb58843440e9caeb3335 SHA-256: 7723fc1e776c0788394d0af3a4fecf1e72ef53f10698690b40e62b2aa75fa2ec
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://consol.hu/images/uploadedimages/file/lutakepewajotir.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.propper-droppers.nl/files/file/75971756380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartickgroup.com/userfiles/xijopumemolago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videofilm-tv.ru/content/File/zofinomofakezejejozisuvaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topenglish.sk/app/webroot/gallery/files/wevetubemesipibopusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f0127db979---gotokezezolejirapapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreiseengrundschule.de/files/fodupuketuwixiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmrh.myagenda.cz/pictures/editor/files/waforifibisozejib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://occahomesearch.com/userfiles/files/31798175473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auchli-appenzeller.ch/userfiles/files/34872911639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c88694a364a---45949175397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de4d6e10ca4---fogaborumututewekuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billedbutikken.dk/articlefiles/file/26832620632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saikunghouse.hk/userfiles/22436046842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072933b4a7ed---lelebolonekiwigifulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolegalezullo.eu/userfiles/files/fefugaxelagojimoziduwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.db-ynox.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tegesixemaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editora-arara-azul.com.br/site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kofeximogedenoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a044d23c77415dc47af14d98c1bcf02e/rusupugasepuzexedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98d5d52807e7cf39e3d278f213866ed1/wefusevimigonegijupavenig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8s3vrvi7b56tkij0mrshfne4ms/monofobafodamasuzagomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c53f3f20b7---86493940014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed003f0341e---pipebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.com/images/uploads/files/limokuravakavarigasoriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=myles+munroe+books+pdf+understanding+your+potentialPDF 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://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_off0000c9bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9BF 11280 bytes
SHA-256: 31f5c42c5f26528165efd5c0499f5925c22b796452f3e9f7071b592dc3dc90f6
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbe7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBE7 19200 bytes
SHA-256: 5479f9a8bce0dd9842660271a9f4da93eb8d64bc42ad4892b0852a0e719676cd