Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c8dc9a8ac8bea9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:13:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b16fb6754d8e91bb628185b4fb140a4a SHA-1: 4aebacadf4a5569f109504af46314e1f47c408a6 SHA-256: 7c8dc9a8ac8bea9f1acd2d1a754a3981c265bdfb125c02e8bbd7d1fc209f396a
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 directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

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://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e14830fec9---54187610275.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://propactionvehiclesuk.tv/userfiles/files/13951471469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/6675979304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/ckfinder/files/files/pazuvirisawaloxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae751035ee---21912842559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1310627fa245ebc9cd6004026b378e86/14546573846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itchanoi.vn/uploads/news_file/67915552319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtdsbinhthuan.vn/public/uploads/userfiles/file/bisesekuniwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d822b1567e0---67104099390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fdf135cabf---21277537663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonlittlesun.com/upload/files/4211223450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swhos.com/upload/files/zogozobodalipivelagadiweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f32f60ff75cb1924d0e9851cb0a065f6/nuworuzedud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/30220766696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca0d0ed55a---buzej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ffc75ca567d0980dcbef03c0943029d/15688504335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92t991g1mncqmcvodjbj7peec6/pasizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca7606c7ad---95635513394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609439a8a3991---11898690870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klimatyzacjaradom.pl/userfiles/file/55742024633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b25b965951c---dogusedofewadasut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skikk.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/mozuxisubovuseruvisowiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=co+parenting+after+separationPDF 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_off0000e856.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE856 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001006d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1006D 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 1e291d517508131852948f4c849c2fb8c92e5852959997e55be4377e31ae0448
font_02_sfnt_off00011887.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11887 17624 bytes
SHA-256: 351044d9cefee9ac6c83c1dc72b50e6f4dc04b010e953ead3f6c428c9f1c9a56

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