Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7afadf3a3fa34d49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.6 KB Created: 2021-07-06 22:16:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 207149989f6ac5e3074a261e30dc2e59 SHA-1: 177c875f502bcba74735c25a20212c56a5815568 SHA-256: 7afadf3a3fa34d492d92245cf74e1d10ebeeb96a6e6b4892f684e17b0582cd9a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 http://hydrem.ru/images/file/88063778061.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/004b3cc5551ac2e39ef1d949fb7bb381/vumoxuzidawujuzowimawiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080be7a4c2b8---sitojefaxekivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c077f07ba5---gamawugam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606facaad6660---84849931754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bffc7ab15a---64604487606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/111cd2e4670651cd0b48563232ddec99/17325554581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18b85ce8afd2e68a5f3188fea861f96a/26224300049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5740c7e7bf---wiketodenotizipiwoliral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06943f19f2---zeranesusowojonilir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/26333831027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eb2e2c71af---26294429749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9643cd053a---vologuduxofopaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.net/upload/files/39250407044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd6314d1ed5---67003139255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/14961599582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f5bc99e924---tegemilarebosazefomakaxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/408736a473a6553ae6edd36524480d3e/3424029864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf7eb30eb74590268f9e7ca0bcf7d4d7/dimuvosatedoxofevutezol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/misepagizikudob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f2f403068---xamagodomojigutema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atrax.hr/files/989274663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101eyewear.com/luutru/files/57708496285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43e797cbac59de4e5e175e966c7d36cc/40959691120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcremich.lu/files/files/xutavumidaxetol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdd0bdf0418---69766126480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=caramel+pudding+with+condensed+milkPDF 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_off00010dfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DFE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012615.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12615 11268 bytes
SHA-256: 7df4e7163bae1cee6220d816b2f0f3c57d63f55ab031862fa549018aec674036
font_02_sfnt_off00014027.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14027 17780 bytes
SHA-256: 22699f9337d4ebb8ec05c02de73c76594265b0aa3da259fdfd5830da880437d1

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