Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7985a7167ce648e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-07-14 03:44:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 67d56583052daad5cf1853b185ea4a6d SHA-1: 26e554811ee9ecfec223d743dbb229fa4c35d6f7 SHA-256: 7985a7167ce648e7633c578dacb70500f192eb4ff33dc73b629e7754479e529e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded URLs are likely part of this lure, directing users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://nusbetaja2.com/contents//files/47644159385.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160889509ae2c2---rosew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb4b7e24db4---nixaxurigijigaxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dreamscapes.ca/dream_scapes/userfiles/files/58209198002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807554eb52a---vibefama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reitinguok.lt/userfiles/file/71629454991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ec92e5fdc---xebisimagesofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizergranulatorprice.com/d/files/tifopuwiduniluferurusos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81300594426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/28833773324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a123ca8a92303f61ade39a01b78edd8a/68071683068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c96aed3ecef---57633562153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075741825333---topise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8212cc9f2d---15301240952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44845db04c0f9c055866c5720ef28914/xamozodupusizugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/13977449845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adca1185aa0---kosuroder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8d39c0c1e4---54128309078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lordoptika.hu/files/files/10992182550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eis-pieschel.de/UserFiles/File/vefumikivaragiveso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ced75abafc89928ec059aa633b5f080/36952488721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2a10d3f2bb---34120246085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0pu2nm1j8e1g5bgq5291t1h73o/gugesidajexapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d05c2e32efe8e00d1a5386c940a6a63/23787564896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/mogijug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=synthesis+and+catalysisPDF 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_off0000e18b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE18B 10436 bytes
SHA-256: 7221174e0cbc923453bf81c1d0ca5b61b215050b31a9c0c906e0f71d963a502b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f924.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF924 18360 bytes
SHA-256: c2e7fc820927255cb4b9307ea08c8e26974f43ee89ebceef64f8369e42c90bfb
font_02_sfnt_off00012793.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12793 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1