Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7984f37ff28822f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 14:37:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 11e826b6021bf8d3778bc4adf158bfe6 SHA-1: dbbe2b5729565c174dd222be5e7c8450582f4039 SHA-256: 7984f37ff28822f8ebdc40fd213382dab8a9931370572c6a73ca445c9bf93273
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://lee-trading.tw/archive/upload/files/30492772158.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a564d6d53c---4873814972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/lireretedekof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a11864dae1---pagulosuzabevesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geobigoni.it/userfiles/files/90647781137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edad44b719bad24f2a4e08b726beeda1/15140479981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0419fdb0c8---piwavawodafot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5948af09552711b6e0f3a583d6ed574f/baruzewugajaxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29a2a572902ed0535363cf1891e79b50/natuzakofim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b706c3aa38---berima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3c8e5b7a5a---7198148584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gachbinhduong.com/upload/file/36945564882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comp-art.ru/userfiles/file/tawakidenegasezazizufatax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvkumariajnkvv.org/singhania/downloads/file/97433043596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/kovefoveraviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63df1765352dad00cd7e25add6799d39/tiveremanoxoduleduvotaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081629f9b075---zomunozamifire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chothuexeninhbinh.net/data/dulieu/files/7902518997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/konuxexalebigulez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makiriaszto.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuxajozumawuxonomawiwoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3af73a525098bec126ae87b189b333b/91082564449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tpe7v0r5hm6m28g9v18v02hm8h/81263764070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamdqpfpr.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/58184641511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevelec.com/bevelec/dossierMois/file/pojupimev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b617b7624fc---jaxegujozunokapinipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fed1c79e2e---99512336706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=sample+business+proposal+email+for+partnershipPDF 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_off0000ebc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBC4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000103d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103D6 17684 bytes
SHA-256: 3c4e187fe382d908e9d9982902fce774865953e1e24b84bdbfd2b2cdf8901d2b
font_02_sfnt_off00013228.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13228 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 03b594357ad748a6c80d10f23ab90c1094c880a0519e73fed1be243fc4ae9987