Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a563cd8e03d8736…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-09 02:26:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5b1e60b189f280d1d6d556a11a29490e SHA-1: 16e934fd58cfd9c16fd863d1c25cb1537f865659 SHA-256: 7a563cd8e03d8736a1a6981f747dfee11372e034616a77851e9fea9ce1156c6f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=where+are+notification+sounds+stored+on+galaxy+s9 PDF link annotation
    • http://tetobox-budapest.hu/uploads/files/retafifevibufolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613659b6e8ae7---tazidosularex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artcorner-fiberglass.com/userfiles/files/vujozujumojuzareroxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9396d0924b3bef4ae8e89038c5db1ac/58188184563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optical-axis.com/uploads/files/202109032359338448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seattledesis.com/fckeditor/file/87597203707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nattuvaartha.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/lamodota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffa4a38e3c2a51c10b5e5ae26080dfd9/99005416647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139059fd75cf---wepesawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161379e3d98f8a---68709167875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://areaengineeringsrl.eu/userfiles/files/fubatolawuterori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021090106290966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technoarc.net/userfiles/file/74947072687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingmontagna.com/userfiles/files/40741553810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613664a81f22c---lofubeponagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckm-machinery.com/userfiles/files/42960654225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/23615983560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acelybio.com/upload/files/ridinixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themalc.org/files/file/5713192169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mehreganimaging.ir/images/upload/files/40410453013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gulbaharsigorta.com/contentData/file/62379562936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haisushitogo.com/uploads/files/kugemifimakigesubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dvarenda.ru/upload/file/nizujolemesixubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.octopus-quatuorvocal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22909493338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessdevelopmentcenter.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/74216056455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bohemiamaestro.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/borewukogopi.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dc9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC9A 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 969dbd4625e9462a871370243394044e69735b0c77057d1509af9673902f54ab
font_01_sfnt_off00010b29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012340.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12340 11232 bytes
SHA-256: c3fcfe12f4db4be4fc8271b4632cd1f731507adb33c52f04f31a561f91ec774a