Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b1da80f126aa3ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-07-31 23:55:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 2ebdfc68bed497e034017123419f8771 SHA-1: 4c9f47f3ff8f6bba6f5858e633faa652737630c3 SHA-256: 7b1da80f126aa3edf1d089db9abad87189786f23dbddc8a8379727e9d1459cd1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or appear to be part of a link farm designed to obscure the true destination. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and the presence of external links suggest it is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://jarosi.hu/files/file/52338855897.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nessium.fr/userfiles/file/5967871449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deccanquest.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/palila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesirvinewedding.com/clients/f/f9/f947a18657f5d77a8fcd192ffd4ccf25/File/lerefojenifivag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cncostruzioni.com/userfiles/file/wibelorexosekemowewilaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art-lamps-rali.eu/files/file/56696636352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a105387c921---mupizezezaxefuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyobel.itpublic/file/88964608625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b310378b702---muworiralini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/178hn3m2ju6hkjr21r8kr56naf/fasokasopaseroper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607495be414d5---zonunavipaderuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianaccounting.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/fozusinujutasekadejoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gern30tk052nua1dp1i1n70t5u/34683935484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daulte.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lavavusufesabem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/77607988820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a6f98014b387b726d71c35fe3782b0a/tiwavitorisofumufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spencerrandlefamily.com/clients/864257/File/silasil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1oqoqp2u6hk5eovqmk6571cfs2/21087634676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/lavesuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakeempat.com/contents//files/liropigeboresuwobinumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fed95abc811---mijidigubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bddda557864---larumimoven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ihsgc7o18u95bkklqest5cp5e4/lelitojogotoguzogixovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=coreldraw+x7+full+crack+bagas31PDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f797.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF797 18252 bytes
SHA-256: c13e227420f284fbcae2d7f8ea494934ddba2eb063cff59733a03d3931d3788f
font_01_sfnt_off000127c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127C2 1692 bytes
SHA-256: 6df00093d1a1fd8b8f95901b42ba2863538c90606311dd4adf1993a433792d13
font_02_sfnt_off00012fca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FCA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000147e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147E1 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 59833fac9aa446a8acca6e57c0a4608be87cedffdd72f65d0d966d08deefc41f