Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7996e7043f9b76ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.6 KB Created: 2021-07-25 17:11:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d71d95f9d68874f2ec7b53dd4e9bc8c1 SHA-1: ad1b7c6be77660ad1904755b708d32839be4d148 SHA-256: 7996e7043f9b76ca54c2562fea5b5f1bc9d18469325de8e0b58997f3d487b716
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the heuristic firings point towards a malicious PDF designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://penzionklara.cz/userfiles/file/nubofavegekasupusitupafe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b6eeab11f1---wojekuwuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67092038226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/020100955f1d6b11e7dc1b7be1779f3c/felifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wghsclassof69reunion.com/clients/b/b3/b33699c65747f61a54cd06c2fab73d22/File/rawun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b26f522c0e6---surawov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3c5a080dac---72565576116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famillespourstarlight.ca/clients/a/a9/a9b42c05011d3bb27e7f7ec2ed30324f/File/85228181427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/defdd758de1d8fb60c3789880c86495e/67248435507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e21ba61590db1aebeaa9cdf2006c5894/wikekofonewur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac3df327864---wixeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahattinburyan.com/userfiles/file/47072314240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rh2c5ga9030ljrp4ogivcrp7jm/44775382804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8cead444319fea6b2e5f3bbfd150f84/tegipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccec65ad2f9---97765685281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipack.ru/content/file/tipexilurazarutop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a79e94bbf---zavoruzobubufazadet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/87880875977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://investin-khj.ir/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jewibenatiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609897958fa52---27555921934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf70621dffbf7824b2e55b7b14380001/jujoloduxekafubufuwuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o11v26mksgb3bjomco0rq246q1/lulafitit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=gta+v+obb+file+free+download+for+android+mobilePDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000128e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128E1 2300 bytes
SHA-256: 2fc054a19484985bfa8e3969108a01b595be633a60f22143a61980ec5def7041
font_01_sfnt_off0001331f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1331F 16172 bytes
SHA-256: 4d323bb249e88c398f0095f889563dfd8dc5db968c63eff0834307f32c320b32
font_02_sfnt_off0001489f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1489F 10676 bytes
SHA-256: f6289ce3faeee6da304a93baf55fd5496c288c43d49be1a9264bb25a9d75b475
font_03_sfnt_off00016121.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16121 24244 bytes
SHA-256: 79dd33de820855f21df7bbaae54dcab302134a65252d07aa1dd0dd07716f4467
font_04_sfnt_off00019a29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19A29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1