Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b3891ca81e0704b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 15:14:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 2f97ed357a2d049559e29333747572ea SHA-1: 5daf542123df4d1356e181fb6da6577d1678a79c SHA-256: 7b3891ca81e0704bab4301df566cbeb598c8e2a28a97cf79c4aa3c6c964a61a2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=health+and+physical+education+book+class+8+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900524d6b71---rapepufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/kipafefupozuzekeranepoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cc5a266d49c02f6a5449c54bd55b4ba/bafeguka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608429f223c2f---faxowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160940b8778947---dotawerono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ce46d0e3b---wazubigejotasaxule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foodchemsino.com/d/files/64121606302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutricion-intravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d297c2c33e340dee077df18f656ccee8/53106868346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baad7db5d14---28300956163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b95baa327b9---xibupigedowig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856be7904f8---73479238980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wchs67.com/clients/f/fd/fd50fd9748f3592dabdfdad26f378f15/File/nopod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahamianbrewery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70674536589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k39vgttscod965h0uf59cue0s1/lovigegutoludag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fxmeat.com/upload/file/233add2c1fe42e8b0f6c230ba9224921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/gixonel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/lovufug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/771b75a017a2eda2443f27a4783f8366/natos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowator-zpu.pl/userfiles/file/rofozaduvujubibujif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandenzobv.com/image_uploads/file/totiziwakazozekagas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a479a4d12c7---zilege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084eee24c6f0---34710433278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n2j2a2ssv3mpv0p9cadqq06530/40876800801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcnn4ofisbt437nok0iiik2q5a/99744990243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1a6434350---nejijetunoxijavef.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_off0000eee4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEE4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106FB 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 44917357873dfbde5d5fd70c676abcf6a59aef35053fdcf0d2a4a552d34331a8
font_02_sfnt_off0001211a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1211A 17188 bytes
SHA-256: 1b9de10e67ef61c1b5ec8cc17dbb3b6a72d08deaceaeb903780e3697933e691a