Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7bf4619ae60d78b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 07:49:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 53e76339e07f3dfabdcbf448de991c03 SHA-1: dce5d9f134f6c57d2017868c0fca7bc32b1153b7 SHA-256: 7bf4619ae60d78b2ec8b179ed796709b4b4f9d5570a82ec0972ba8c071a27d96
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of many external links indicates an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+drovers+wife+henry+lawson+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6368a27c61---pewusozojefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/soxipunexiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe55cb99cb---wisuromofuleti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----9sbbnbtte4cyg.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rasazaregonale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemcom.org/userfiles/file/82049968498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161337133d6aa0---1667004337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://market-oborudovanie.ru/upload/file/67895728241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagyberki.hu/sites/default/files/fck_uploads/file/17902923910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094309fef8fb---sokogesigopuzisiwevozonim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzarosiscarampola.it/file/mowazizilokonufewibewuduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/pijorupex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anipetkingdom.com/webroot/img/files/siwopafiguwewetutezaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b764002e9e---30005902202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b475f355cbf---16215695123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkaufs-akademie.com/userfiles/file/vawebazidutegejuvonikex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-yoga.org/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210506180858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medsplus.us/admin/images/file/66060057137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n0qj32dcv05s02traihctr1cng/85381046590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincentpopetutoring.com/clients/d/dd/dd6b7bcf94cac99d3bed97cf8166637b/File/10083016204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160973559b9689---novogin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/112a1a7699db0dc1b87ec7e51b4d3743/zepanupikikepigawomifop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/95100184485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111782de0f39---rakizekakedemawidoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2e6e6446d---kowoginafelevu.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_off0000e8f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8F0 18460 bytes
SHA-256: 203a7da3b47cc53bb9ace7d2f3b8e54bb9cc79324fcdd854c46c7c5ed44f9033
font_01_sfnt_off0001192f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1192F 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 54ebc3a116dd20b4c43de0e22a303ba829754307062c6a3e856a9ec8ab84350a
font_02_sfnt_off000131d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1