Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7cf6f863f8956ecc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 07:03:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b34544c5b65e7078fcc7aa0c48a1c9e9 SHA-1: 2ecd9d91b251ba46f5fa3f389f84d3641fddc823 SHA-256: 7cf6f863f8956ecc38f5488ebeea006175bb9e6485ebc0dadeb42acbf63b7ca6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09b8c89feae28783d6d3240e9b646db1/19005601854.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5f49475f0---zofabofal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/42000360823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32a4ad4e547e12b2e9e5d50ad7fb46fa/fesunutab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3286f679a75a799a9370bc2171ed2a62/subofawaxopemidid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfcc4028efb---16372610045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e39affd2630e703f34fd1d2a7eb3aac8/seduxamozarogaguzomise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rk8maosgh9g8jj2d56op9ifol4/kazuzerumub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b1ba012182910807e7b85cb618fbbe0/zosumolije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uu4lgmkm26h8vvgdvdf2m796sn/42063717081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb3a618042---rozinarolodafasafobafopaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774acd9365e---5767306952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/tapotumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chemasan.lu/userfiles/files/94175004642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bjsteelvietnam.com/upload/fck/file/zefeloxoduvefuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2j2qim8m1k7h3c8hp5d4i87phj/27366699996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6772a350ca---95113878484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdsdealers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66164616622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8506876dd8765e143d939629b9857793/52863993904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace41b602d4---92289327690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/937a9cb8bf86a3e0ccc077e5dc904047/todemifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/971479978d878e2a1109cd612e943e29/50285407913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf6111c5d93---19710138485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.cn/upload/12816917463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skikk.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/27868832827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=russian+to+slovenianPDF 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_off0000dd79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD79 23536 bytes
SHA-256: aa28f46e55bddee3e458a897cbcec136702f4d1c992fd2b04ed89a70a06d7818
font_01_sfnt_off00011726.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11726 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012f3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F3D 10212 bytes
SHA-256: ede3a7d2f3f6145675ae17ceac072b4036f1b776ae135894e81cedaee84340ae

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