Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7afd7b70f2dd6453…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-08-13 20:43:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 518c29db1806e37aa4ca6645d5356383 SHA-1: 59558bf824f9e871d0bf0293f0146063f93386ab SHA-256: 7afd7b70f2dd64532b394668a96b48f3e30c370803fe72160702c6239b4a7f67
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The PDF's structure and embedded links indicate it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=can+we+download+songs+on+spotify+without+premium PDF link annotation
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bs5du86qi29uhr2k5feu6a4hlm/lekutuboxobuvosedamemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae422c0f95d---9509884391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c02d6a0b4e---wesow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9542c9be6c---89237833786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ddcd338bd8---54416716465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0sc333au545foo0msfj4a906oh/taduzegosuxugawamela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://messtores.ca/fck_user_files/file/35817874303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/wesanerez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://global-brand.net/userfiles/files/toxisifozotagezosimodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/jupupave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee72efc06a4---wikusenuwusewipesaxesufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087529caf53e---46577744886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artgraf24.pl/userfiles/file/narotinaxizigosum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoa5aj.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wozixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tomasjelinek.com/img/pub/file/rawepisuvivimifatuvixix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bachson.net/upload/file/wewoxiwupeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739ae110ebf---gasexubufofuwexozosilupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockfallco.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbad5010d9---15905024606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wheelmartthailand.com/image/upload/File/37635122529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10ae92f2045639cd4b9788b6e88db914/nemonimapoposamavawezun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/17385297721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingtassinari.eu/userfiles/files/zexebujemeteve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alanurturizm.com/rsm/files/93896251636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160903641ec40e---76503754871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvuketoanvn.org/uploads/files/93110380125.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_off00010198.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10198 16676 bytes
SHA-256: 8af9c8566265642145b52cb72229e81e06b7239d991548d8b054e65cc5d85d19
font_01_sfnt_off00012c99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C99 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000144b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144B0 11276 bytes
SHA-256: 985d43d60e07072202d5c90da08bf8d569fffc6088b939d0eee1224e07b41f6b