Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7bd819600cdddea6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-07-20 07:53:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 0a0ce9227e2c3ca64705d9550044b44b SHA-1: 40cc4c08f1f3e2958c18d4efdcd7abd2198747cc SHA-256: 7bd819600cdddea6d34d8213001841d1e6e52a9cd3310855bff0cedb26699d49
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for phishing or malware. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links suggests a coordinated effort to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d79e57e96a635ad42cbc74b13db7813/10813591706.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c40f154ab0b---kowifavorododigizenafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/29095249379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e0dedb514---19720058106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34fe5fc01d2d7c46d3c2a620997b5ab3/memijozarekirakowaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a236343cdf3a16e49658693c5b75300e/xevolebimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/tonulegamulafokovexaberi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accapierre.it/userfiles/files/bitajoripesitawokuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/62763470734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b95c4e8d68c1e76d229234e0ccf1d12/70872724174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ab5f6c4390567660f0eddb108d41f60/52096427035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cdde68920d---juwamewozubet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1f78ee740e4efcd0e145bf3cea18840/76205774836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5g1t4p2p2oln8qk45ku6id73i9/79967723810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e64a1c6ce6d56d6b060e0d3754ff99a4/92248897791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/jexikikigused.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nbgk9ei9048mghanublsf2gvcd/49191336763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/tonokokejatadopitoxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d11510a475---61816727293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/td1fp55vgerisq39mop9ip9511/80704657570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joltiy.ru/uploads/files/ninikotejiwetozoser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785d60d1f54---3177980074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=neligan+plastic+surgery+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000e46f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE46F 11072 bytes
SHA-256: 14f6e877212447e373156d7f4e23123e9b5cc9b620a484bed86cd421076c3130
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE3C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001164e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1164E 18348 bytes
SHA-256: b13dceda9445bbb6aef55b36f478eea041234702bee741954b6dab5e74ede246