Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7aa439ea590d66fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-07-29 16:58:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 8d5248a0b3776040def8b7a918028682 SHA-1: 21095306ba2b65f4a4aa9a067512298d5a3ac717 SHA-256: 7aa439ea590d66fa543fe1e84d0cd2f40f7f92d4331784a81b3b290c033611b8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0f1bfc8b75---23167845849.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fashioneducation.ru/userfiles/file/67605364797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verimevzabavu.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20131824354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquatherm-graz.at/files/mivugijerel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62411cb5820f28e4170a662977dff424/gobogasutajixune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/823vnts19ns20cfbumfju9mo01/xilusopejupiboxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3eb8f15e9f---16093338591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stananddiane.com/clients/6/67/672a2699e369d648dd23e03de9deda78/File/85973580078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckrestaurantgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nunop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polnische-zaune.de/userfiles/file/27805853869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsp.by/userfiles/files/28171480204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bmrntlddgsp8t6r98hi4q35hb6/gozivozekaxeveweve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haenuri.net/ckupload/files/wipifepax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onnetsolution.in/userfiles/file/xudawebemeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelindigha.com/FCKeditor/file/gaboxemuvifab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fed2fe578f---70278914167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--p3t29jo1ed4o4xw.tw/upload/files/vonoxexuzomuvejirixezul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varisistanbul.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780064496ee---mebaxifozabefeluxebuxivot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddfe6db2d06---82338562045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topspeed4wd.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuzizap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crownprolaw.cn/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/66216420815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fedime.org/imagenes/61222573658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/negemukezezoxonixipam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4788217a7b6c5029cafd3e574e4c4e81/bosogutigiruxuveguxanir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowator-zpu.pl/userfiles/file/kabezufuwisuvotunixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=australian+shepherd+puppies+for+sale+in+southeast+texasPDF 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_off0000d26a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD26A 17060 bytes
SHA-256: 5ec407d13f32bf0f17c2c2bea55eb8d53122bc4fdba398345dbcf7f728600722
font_01_sfnt_off0000fedf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEDF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000116f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116F6 10780 bytes
SHA-256: c17c69d06528655fc29552eda1e314978696dea432fc70135910a81bfbc20ae4