Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c8bafddb47cf4f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-26 19:51:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d6fc2aa9ca4c125833a10336a7131771 SHA-1: 7c48fea2f828093380657f0eab3bfd671ada51ce SHA-256: 7c8bafddb47cf4f072e2f10feb8e86368c49a594d6fe548e78865d6877715715
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/nifero.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://100gastro.cz/soubory/files/73390445464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb40ecfac8---zudov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fff2456afc---21878842293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5cd71aaf7b---880793086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/muzuxiwijew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b209f1680---78083642468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terlickodds.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/kitoxasenusilarafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campbellelectronics.com/uploads/joxiwavarefitezilak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11b9370508943ece1e55d120bcf163b0/vagisuzisegutimodakeleve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c69b54bb322---93002987428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4822442402---lokukoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitafest.com/clients/1/13/1337b7689af00ddd847345d48bd720ff/File/tirusanezoperatubela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43a3e81a49c7bf22a0e6e3ed97c784d0/xukuxewademetipuriniwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guyfamilyreunion.com/clients/41950/File/mopobebeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leasebridge.com/CKUPimg/files/81462585870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twxcd.com/img-aim/files/rigimosox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krajinar.cz/soubory/files/tisugevemufoxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://app8itebarandgrill.com/admin/images/file/pewusolagezip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5jfibdf44b38hb079f8j1o13m5/kawavinom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/sixegowevaxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuwangnam.com/user_file/file/20391035360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+adjust+callaway+gbb+epic+driverPDF 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_off0000e8ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8AE 11212 bytes
SHA-256: 52d9c11704053f2ac7f10913b82876a7e718082bf20d96f96b478bbdc48e4d71
font_01_sfnt_off000102a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102A9 16996 bytes
SHA-256: 2a7b08b74eba8468784a9e70bb41b12b61d577e0f84b8b13f81aafce5aa9a891
font_02_sfnt_off00012f2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F2B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1