Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7bf4e6dd3624d673…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:15:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2e729f37003a8fadbdeb4afb7dac99e9 SHA-1: 74fe497f00503680fd7ca23a40c4bf880563897f SHA-256: 7bf4e6dd3624d6736f0cd2ef83a28d724751e4a0828574601879890f6b18820d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, likely to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further supports this, suggesting a tactic to artificially inflate search engine rankings or distribute malware through seemingly legitimate but compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=signs+of+sepsis+in+babies PDF link annotation
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d242323a12b---zovonivokikimemivebuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://igk-lilienthal.de/downloads/49507315363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acceb841efe---nagamiwazibisezeboroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxfreepoint.com/file/bisuxuridumumoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://educhina.mn/editor/files/kibuzopuroku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9de8acf67bfed536d9d8417bae816366/limotofapapaxisifanogap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://murten-hotel.ch/userfiles/files/99130488188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f37fd1b2b---95070333432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ln43faflraofd5fqvsa9n8s4m6/52836912582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9b640259fff3e18e23f74aa45f63ac5/85943431872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/64440204373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a69ecc49c---negepobuvimafefakolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4lg2anhqg8rjt50n9rdh3bvgt2/wutupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff04f277b1---rupizegutarolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727578a0432---xotupobexilujas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullmagicweekend.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rubavag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160957c45ca857---60767660324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parvazyab.net/basefile/api203/files/57468541260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77d51c529b05d8de39178757c4928725/mubozigomukilosinewabuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamdqpfpr.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/godinokiles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983e9ac8253---zofavupogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteplacementagency.com/uploads/files/91104031850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb6e37f533ba07890c86953b49380b26/6184386015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608246d800b58---sonalipepukuzepalutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eee228d4d8155bc73f783c94f8271623/39543882873.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_off0000e777.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE777 17112 bytes
SHA-256: 4f0c4e1e42a00823949f45d4600017376f0d72b17046404fbef6f1628da68237
font_01_sfnt_off0001136f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1136F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B86 10504 bytes
SHA-256: cf3b2017d645d64d363775f15f02f963eab3276ad236105598a10b8488d6f6e8