Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b6552f1ead7f241…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:02:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 5f5e6b1e2445fa853598d7e23c1dd3cb SHA-1: f3de45289ad989b5721aab6be0e836d03c91ebc9 SHA-256: 7b6552f1ead7f2419831168766dd32b9248e20a2db015b577cb5631df712ebb3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious documents designed to redirect users to potentially harmful 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 https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee04d646220de1893c489dc048db9143/39794562388.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongnhatrang.com/uploads/files/dokugopolederoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc8d1eea22b8c9201969eed4032829b6/87734947179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123podkrovie.sk/editor_uploads/files/39525381101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanxuattrucauthangkinh.com/Images_upload/files/10502926458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708ce0b4538---xapobiwamatetaxiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16101182790700---82933861778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/777d91a696ba7d72dc37836749f14413/61939561785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suavitinhtannha.net/upload/files/99690806940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vsu6g05603a5qfv387pgrjq9t6/kixosoloxexuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b47a1b21a134a0910a8205538fb8bd89/zegiwidifogeseresimuguzok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimumnieruchomosci.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/suboziporemelif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ea1078b5b---32376139401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orderpoet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiregekarodosubojeruwowes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braus.uz/images/shared/file/vuzupatose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d038136cbb---jogatoxudujogovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d84f258643---9420862275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a53f9d37cf---fadutexomuwipozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090337a5a67c---talekuzunipoduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siangyun.com/upfiles/editor/files/14881839610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d4c3ec73e552af20436379b08b85e59/luvalikijelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdaurosa.com/Images_upload/files/78658664775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8ac49a06f7840320bd6235fe5fc1502/defevixumofufapudekolovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cappellastudio.it/userfiles/files/82408763326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nucamsa.es/userfiles/files/nudedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126af8e7b1c8---33078319172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=biafra+war+in+nigeria+pdfPDF 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_off0000fd80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD80 10380 bytes
SHA-256: 7a6fa2f6bef4315f0ecceb6ee6ff375c40ea19f7ee0535c8cb24aa85716c10e0
font_01_sfnt_off000114e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012cf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CF9 18040 bytes
SHA-256: 3c178f7f39b395415b0da1ef3899fa98a45840a235fd4dbe40ba214680303f6d