Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7bd59f6063c28a62…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-29 22:50:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 363642c9d9c69f7c28e992dd41557c41 SHA-1: 6010e27ca8ec9eb3eaa2956f19e81267fc6ecc3b SHA-256: 7bd59f6063c28a622699cd703d1a552353b8cac13b16cd1a1c6c2d9d2e63f0d4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it likely contains malicious content. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, some of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially harmful external sites, consistent with phishing or malware distribution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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 http://2446665a.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fofikivigumodi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://salinahighschool1968.com/clients/3/33/33fcb9b832a528c934b1ac42c6b88a99/File/botoxanet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nhabe.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81033546998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d9aaa13ab---lonemumolupazame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emailposte.com/pictures/likokojepupetojuzolerefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marmaraisg.com/images_upload/files/85146005564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc87284d3b---fufelobudusedagofanege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atkarisuli.hu/userfiles/file/88516065379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tano-cable.com/d/files/jafopuzur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e927092db0c3a86af1be8da83043646/20093762991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b0b233a0d---ditokilunosasonit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-bau.com/ckfinder/upload/files/zesurozujuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb3ece09a5---vutig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96b9ba741d6d7627d1a13550030a9ac5/18877541276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autofox.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27157074332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160969c3732734---pisovogemofetakut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/94256517243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucarrorentacar.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suzopuzejifevupusoxiseka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m96sjqkha0ve82dm12kdn7obm2/gadafununogigupod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a80e9c6e2bc---73923624205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maivietnamesecotati.com/uploads/files/gapasisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161008cc7e1627---vidoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eadff73c498db08e6edbf20d96a7c49d/20807077129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788b5bc600a---41000169090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=alegoria+de+las+cavernas+de+platon+resumenPDF 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_off0000f3d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3D8 17164 bytes
SHA-256: 1adb9179f5d948345dda1da305ba8c457ae34124fc76de6d6e16c5384a9b5bcd
font_01_sfnt_off00011eaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EAA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000136c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136C1 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 4b0623368561c587f4064229dd68d8cb89dede9f4348e95f9223c5815deb16fb