Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7910f69e06adb748…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-07-25 02:04:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 596f6b19fab4fc50e9b5ccae2eb1b3dc SHA-1: dc6d787f2c32c906b23b1a5eb28409995a80e852 SHA-256: 7910f69e06adb7486410a6adf94aadfe81d63c13262b5b5d912a2657cb7493b3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to lead users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL findings point towards a phishing or credential harvesting attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://chipublichouse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/legulafa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db7982684ef---luralegunabulumufoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/biriporaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1303ddb5fdb36da2f0e5cac9d0558244/zevejomobowub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7511a8b680---gemijoboziludukiremavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qhn7b59mg3ihn0nqjpm1enff00/kukofumetazis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipsgroupjjn.org/userfiles/file/nuzinule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a621934da0---vivas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/kexololaxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptchasers.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/lupubunuxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chroscina.com/userfiles/file/55050559052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1401e35b64f47303fbb86ea308633f89/9665292511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e18a2c84c1---27249613496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/256drv7eiit61mfot6d2ag1hm4/96039407864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lspn5jntk1s567idrd3g9b9fo1/1409623017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chronicles.ae/userfiles/files/divuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suapaiatuipelehakefamily.com/clients/80707/File/buzejulawofadamorimur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/puvipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thucphamchucnangmy.vn/uploads/files/93688499630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gift-founder.com/archive/upload/files/dowironifox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc97cad4d1d189c6e134e4a45d5a5940/76739659653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://igruppe.no/ckfinder/userfiles//files/30001443198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dadab7a119f---fimususabuwobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26854da564637a1ca1c5485f4f86d4f0/togerezizorilurew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40795340fa70e375bc40b2893eeb6244/juvowapuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=nintendo+ds+emulator+cheats+pokemon+platinumPDF 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_off0000d109.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD109 16956 bytes
SHA-256: 48f5eb1ba7e0087a14b0c023fc6945807f4a36c22d464af844a0bee870f5339f
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD11 10948 bytes
SHA-256: b0e0341d95158d65991d11914ed79e6bfce23f2e158ac95e950b24f11c015236
font_02_sfnt_off00011646.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11646 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1