Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c4fd8f319eaa485…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 20:37:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: eb356cb1c35dc481412fec7bf9ab8c0c SHA-1: 3927572dbec8a7ee35ec5297c2a74b29ce896df6 SHA-256: 7c4fd8f319eaa485c59667b5eea6c310c100bdbc325f8bf15b896f162e7658c1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/4599364817.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/74411188113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/23859625737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716f59c5aeb---34705976958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c99a2855f2e2e8af32c521a9e73714d/16278692694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ededa5922d0fd9324040aef4cc715c90/duvaletovuvaxetutuvoduzur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/80663202207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38cc89c382b9980f7833f85d6dc6312f/12656670498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haltia.mx/sii/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29384247979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a8ccc05c76cc0f34febebbdd1ddd083/lisuwekinotasamofuvudomup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n3n029l8c5aocane1jfafqg3qv/magimililovoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://craftsmancuttingdies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea8f5bcac7c1f5ae58e863b808c6db45/ginetetidulitumutodeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b862b8040c04bc7a0bb6337ab1658564/voxusaronikiwumijupagujov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc103efc5b---53112503659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.cn/files/29104377593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a01289582fc---31939853497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094894e20bda---93742299497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/52214049584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/62215427767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/2106200936314442015vbhb1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnicadovolante.com/images/file/27228959377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jbrtapujg4gqpo332c8qs96vft/49256310001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otoozevran.com/resimler/files/16951660903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=oh+lord+want+to+buy+me+a+mercedes+benzPDF 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_off0000cdb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDB4 23548 bytes
SHA-256: ca672da22003e3d814683d4de3ef66200da161cd20e6d1bbfdff3391c34214ba
font_01_sfnt_off000107fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012014.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12014 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 972a9fab88ecd446bb0f1b85c2bddffdaa21598fcf7336b627ff41343abc928f