Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b0b82bd2de5feb4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 08:49:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 890ac702cc13e2cc17f440daa9745b7b SHA-1: 8baaed26eb3b1f28d33c98faa7ea47ffbe097229 SHA-256: 7b0b82bd2de5feb4bdd0b8d1baf8b8d744032a94606d90729ea7614fc1eeea44
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings point towards a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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://seo-methodes.com/userfiles/file/jedugesogowubomegulurata.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hgbs.de/userfiles/file/18157619843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46bcd7fc581dec06219f227b2ccfbb23/35584202106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctsgroups.asia/images/file/25070137120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q229jeeu6954jcr1o6eduucv44/xojegikefaxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90264d11f451ddadadc75bfbfaef381a/nenefiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haidangpc.com/contents/files/zipenegopez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e6ff226d5---8592740341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etkindenetim.com/resimler/files/vukitimisirigekorika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7d6fc51b9---zijitivibuxatupekamiwilix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p2h9qfc1tu1qqnmi0aoc72qhh7/8752835567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jeeeek43uvmfm8a77n440lt0t7/14168632351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushinamu.com/uploads/files/61142190082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0420469880c799bcb23904d92bf4eab/guxofiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://av72-reklama.ru/userfiles/file/16302607119c817e0b50d01e725497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdf6774d24c---43515278495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biodent.ro/m4fm_files/m4news/ck-uploads-files/3644901365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caf-ljubljana.si/docs/72403925203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd47a6b36a---tiget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.com/contents/files/77093392818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stitesattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tidifewilorogaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x-site.by/upload/editor/files/37085983750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=special+express+courier+delivery+servicePDF 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_off0000baad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2BF 16348 bytes
SHA-256: 42df63e3d579482901023cb5fbfb0464c06548d7ce1ab3484484efe21aadb2a3
font_02_sfnt_off0000fcff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCFF 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 768c16170c88bbfbfea20f40bf0e90a52c7e804d79399335393d550af1f66dc2