Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7bd412f1dc8ed3f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-06-25 20:25:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 3188fed9339ac6efd9c634aadb8859a8 SHA-1: 1170f6d4647f4344c66210bd3a940fd1132150ab SHA-256: 7bd412f1dc8ed3f9ee45d2e9203df27cb9e56f1f9bbcec99d9d2ceb3fcb6c583
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 designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to trick users into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sylvia+day+bared+to+you+free+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4ad2e5e0e9308b2d06becff3a767061/nakelawusid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/558bf9bab92d2b54d46ff9529b8cf2da/vudog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbcf041622a---pevafosawotetozokesix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c77e2d0a09b---43339398469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertoniamministrazione.it/bertoni/public/file/jisupidaduxukomojuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/vefetuzefilotesuravux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb665fb9726---jisuxutasupajexogunewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc75.net/upfiles/file/1622767359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cd6aa47634e72724e6a717cce48c590/52610094323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b73e125332---38408366773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d366110af57ea70d6bb0da953ea84b5c/gagakudufoxeramiwemikaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb208544fa2---85381760663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee03270f71f362488409c30b1c058067/78510490186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f68eeafe3---ludelorenakevagarin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c55e546b56---jarabuvufisav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legyenegyjonapod.hu/userfiles/files/33647172768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamkinhdoanh247.com/upload/files/51477159424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blbr365.com/userfiles/file/1623971336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da1fc6902c---68850884280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58ser6smgc31fbvh62bissbu45/46728023602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cqfhr4iv03amttuaf3l8qdpub1/divezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df3ip27oimd7o8u6bohbosrdj7/defugadapuforu.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_off0000c0b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0B5 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 0bc84b061027d38f0d063bad0cce62d40a9841b0c34e5074411df67d6b9cc18c
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1FB 15688 bytes
SHA-256: 9dbca9490506523d5daa59614bbee3bca5580ee9e4c6142b525aad1d44d5389a