Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a3a0073adbf95db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-08-24 01:31:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 9aad3450bd43cf049d6fd60ec692a7b8 SHA-1: 7764279839ca85835c75784a83fd9ae9aa83b957 SHA-256: 7a3a0073adbf95db0ca0258a805136117563701ad4c6fa6298f0201bc5a2ec75
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=low+carbon+dioxide+high+anion+gap PDF link annotation
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2c0877badd3abdb26fd9bdb6482180a/22232907903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/7838030194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e8ccc639f---28749848636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steakclubhn.com/campannas/file/66756936921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topspeed4wd.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xusujipugamotajilisek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24617be66df71d4b28fe5bb2ded60ee0/nadeforudetaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equinox-e.com/upload/files/widena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j4q0iji8j7pmlf7n5rd8vn1d70/34018231034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhighclassof77.com/clients/9/9e/9ea685038b5a197d2022a69b8c6b162a/File/vokelifigavajuwonofaridam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93d3c80eca2afcaa67966462d449ca8c/fufeviwuvifisadowawubab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3e4b0c322---feragapemufab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmealocalpainter.com/insurazon/admin/userfiles/file/10873358967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4dd618635---84375517534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5d674af68d---jigabimemadupogudojimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dd177861afc4190dc35b9e6185583d1/gototinosudadoladarudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c648f1df075---71781617960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf64614c5b5---sikisowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd56a734424---49979953763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609facc38c17d---wasowofopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06d65b798520a909cac306af17b8d999/28986532164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df30ee8c41---32269541711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencshow.com/upload/ckfinder/files/tumegubekuvesajujulusope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4gkng3r0j440s94q1casdelv65/losovikesaxijakul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kutyasturak.hu/images/files/wikimibafonezaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f33f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF33F 16876 bytes
SHA-256: 113d6adf40f08fb2146a66c11cf718f7376bc3ffc93f95e9221272da7611fa5d
font_01_sfnt_off00011f59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F59 16088 bytes
SHA-256: 9097553d388de6ba0c4695ab3f5748207509627cf951ebf2c052ca71e31497d2
font_02_sfnt_off00013494.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13494 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 59bb3febad1d2639b556d409a6d5b57f1825ef3bde0610de853e565cfcb5624d
font_03_sfnt_off00014ce9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CE9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1