Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b666b501f470cde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.6 KB Created: 2021-07-24 08:51:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 02d40f44a16b65e28c0a7f4fdbb1c68d SHA-1: c4a397d9bdac0d08c95519473cb0a9d997f14abf SHA-256: 7b666b501f470cde40faa0806106f9bca08360433e047360c80e93fcff40fb73
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The structure suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801f46c277e---sorujekegijudatatapatir.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6b1f9bc46---18526982392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c6047a4dc---gotadabefewalujudevawegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mn-lawfirm.com/box/userfiles/file/52399176886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7626c7ec39---sisor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607395a1b9a2c---55337143146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mn-lawfirm.com/box/userfiles/file/vovimumavikexelisut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71moaj46v1kijgot7ecmimii7k/serarafubinamaguves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asthasupermarket.com/userfiles/file/12745469988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0d659e4085---zonututiramosonote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10ae6a22d294e60537131bb80d14b801/75209729014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c064be513a---68514428113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098893f38bd7---44630227198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/557c339gtj905ktacm6jo21ga3/849659571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iuoelocal870.com/kaizen/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44265554097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/jalazudovamedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1bfc44ec76---xenaborifefipir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e8d3b65da4---37216863204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bearings-home.com/userfiles/file/44773643275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovechardonnayhills.com/userimages/87788961790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e897d720c1aa09e2c58ab22644d573dd/24794022138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210505090950_155801109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb0bcc353e---pawazojufaruririvabimevej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finemetal-cn.com/upload/files/31521038655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=information+technology+for+management+11th+edition+test+bankPDF 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_off00013fc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FC7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000157d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157D9 17408 bytes
SHA-256: 13ee00ff8adf30cb09594076059d522cfd66498f242428d2c3f7171f156d2ca1
font_02_sfnt_off00018594.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18594 11272 bytes
SHA-256: 38fe6c293a52b4f3e5807f36abec8d39237e2b8fd18a50f9d09a26c78a6e7282