Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7bf4d0bd5f8522cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 22:54:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c321b2210004632c894a037366759f3a SHA-1: 53f52aec1e3a68828ab94849b6d472fb8daa3c82 SHA-256: 7bf4d0bd5f8522cff70c2e16e401fd136e1879ee0ae28d0041dae51a18274bb3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malware distribution or phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=engineering+mathematics+3+multiple+choice+questions+and+answers+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084cf96b0b29---pamupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b651f33845c---novegivogabapel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/85587074026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/41367668439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1076a9429291804509cb688453d7586a/10613052902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://younewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/81586965023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607feb3f4bed3---10436701140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patriarca-batiment.com/ressource/site-image/files/zazenafikuvebufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jnafoohgbqnnq4rif5ipd75ijh/kawuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad1cc1786e---bewupojuvezipuzexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/mefinanuvib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607223109174f---60496267146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab65127b389---dilizato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiszaikaland.hu/upload/file/bugomusitomixidago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b40d21098af01a76782f28c0276f825/14070075161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jbg38fqv2vbotrueg00j6gks2n/mewasesunajitarajivan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tb86rn9lkif9ds9ni4phdku9mm/rorilatuwok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cea1106cdfc---24159557828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentaruedas.com/files/others/67937611727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immopolignano.lu/images/12952365352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compufoxmail.com/userfiles/file/wikametunuduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a21a502bac8644a352f4ae34fbb55b58/60195860785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/dedabazuxekubujamoguvux.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_off0000c6c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6C3 17048 bytes
SHA-256: e3ede4691414531e5863f556c669c6b5c227a6c8c1c107f6f16f9f447803be18
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2FB 11552 bytes
SHA-256: 8448b4a31bb36838eaf87b5e86d979ec0db1d1233cc362626cc2b18d59f301fb
font_02_sfnt_off00010dc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DC0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1