Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7cd156631553eded…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:32:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 776d151b4ee12823c6edf59a70a6a5cb SHA-1: 37b6584ed0e12475d638d570aee587db0cc58b69 SHA-256: 7cd156631553eded14a5f2661996501c79061664457402af2d2fd04904623249
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 high likelihood of malicious intent. The file functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a distribution mechanism for phishing content or further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is designed to redirect users to malicious external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sudden+constant+indigestion PDF link annotation
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076127216fc7---difuwulutubozajegawijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3qbuy.com/CKEdit/upload/files/8260062247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fe616774ed---gebokofelezatatuwed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f14ee09e0f927882ab3e863d10a5e373/2764965983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gift-founder.com/archive/upload/files/12220216496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/vaxivuzexivogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomanzella.com/userfiles/files/ginurejejinodabizep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608867e702886---72745049287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/kulupovuxejebebukewarifol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidurmalam.com/contents/files/kilunejivebasirinunavarun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611978321415a---xetuzewotegevorolakob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857d24ee801---80240293784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/103229f4f200203d22b89db6fdf5af9f/54554478447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-fryazino.ru/upload_picture/file/sofut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanking.net/userData/board/file/19199410127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aksusu.com/upload/files/vikafefegobaviposujus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://at-studio.tw/app/webroot/userfiles/files/20210724_153613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--djr00fsyfv0o5qgy9u.com/filespath/files/20210801215013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k72srv9dfctqbpqmeqt7cj041f/fuvaladezasidaragijoreb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnktools-th.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xelisorazegebagamen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f27d5455900---vuluvagowiladaxemabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/408a6e811d131bc86722c2c94792d0f4/wosoziviserivozodarov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terralis.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/bezolofunepom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/8686417811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/wubitixegijonewunix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aloisiquadri.it/userfiles/files/kizitevorinoli.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_off0000e139.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE139 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 34a385bca1de04ab4d73826b5b2ebf4626c1ecd18ca3d1b66e83be570b75309a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f94d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF94D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001115f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1115F 17396 bytes
SHA-256: 4ef891eeffcc50bf1775768557a7300783478b6b077b868b5534e4107109258c