Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7bce992cac7a23a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-07-05 09:50:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 3e3e456455ef455265f528d995aef15e SHA-1: 607c7955e95f1b029923be2113be74e53d3dab3f SHA-256: 7bce992cac7a23a2b29e45a336475f1c9beb8a2294264dd6e9a698b7efe2ff89
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as phishing/trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of these links and the overall structure indicate an attempt to lure users to external sites, likely for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

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 http://dilimkebab.com/userfiles/file/11228005631.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/11745291774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n2c0mv0am2cooqvemnj7obsa62/widuduredilovumukatonaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160877f5f6e562---tunusomilibapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://branpc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lajewaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21e5e9513a5a64597260da86e6657a4e/fowaridazixevokupofezux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b8460c106---limasedirezoges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc88886ee9---xuxukonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/735cc9b476a37eb2619b0b08208b64b1/lugof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a97adce2ff2---39754973615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/add72fb6ab8efa72113af4c910b9876f/keritesokojogugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ecbf1f3c5b98b9f583b030128ecde46/82474635502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdd39a9bd27b73250339282cab6b36eb/zapuvijikimufisinafodosej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michaelwilliamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/55042579059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086cdd6e733d---karodalasobakexewisasubad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adams-gold.ru/archive/image/file/marafuxuresusud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synersys.fr/contenu/file/kedukikatijukaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722bddcdb23---luxitukedez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7u15h77mqfe8417t611ua563o6/11356024842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gregor-biffiger.ch/userfiles/file/xufix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53mrc9gk6hih33c4tj3jnkaoj9/91135560774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/746ri0c1lq4qca9l68s3r8ugao/vajirokuxuvibat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61648b3cba---lemimokixog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b610fafda4---lejakirolonuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=stormlight+archive+book+4+coverPDF 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_off000109fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109FC 17048 bytes
SHA-256: 6a1765c16fef9d2b19a47d6c2a85f346ec8b30dc970fc1dd2651a38efe1e77e4
font_01_sfnt_off0001365d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1365D 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 38acbb7e18026aa7dd62020ef87ffaaa8d8fa3b7d4e282c651143ffed8da87ad
font_02_sfnt_off00014f86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F86 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1