Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7cf8b19ea73726f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 03:01:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b2b22823519d47f25d2961e75f55ebdd SHA-1: 53a9515715435f5034b9aca69f874046d65f7434 SHA-256: 7cf8b19ea73726f45e012d878461848ffffebcb2f6bf22839328c2f54f9942ed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, and a deceptive call-to-action button suggesting a download. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to malicious content or further downloads through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=adding+and+subtracting+fractions+on+a+number+line+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707999905f2---xibofajupefamif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cheesykeju.com/contents//files/finunirugavaxaludunewuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guitarenko.fr/img/files/tofiwinowalibexiwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fhgqmgqpu5ofgc044h059mu9f0/22969897286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evo-models.com/uploads/userfiles/files/84884684739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l81h7v4jm6378f759gcs4q9h12/88047439786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinieurope.ch/userfiles/files/99199809349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anglometais.com.br/adm/Editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77511421822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8f89ed359e75fb434b81dd7db073413/pomugaziza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8i45vvlf5dn200o3r283kudm7c/3649847171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroi-sistema.ru/img/japewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/wajokofajajav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nulifeus.com/~nulife/userfiles/file/80348668361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbmiuekprn5d429pjqc9tu5cm4/xesimutexokuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/tetirasugejekifakup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/454978237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/fatitakaxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f153c3f256---19160204741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimuselearningschool.com/learning/site/images/uploadfiles/3888739279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28a2fbf62c---29549699150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uendg4uuc7ckdhriucbe7lval3/repimis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/31564504979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iveducentar.com/uploads/assets/file/nafin.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_off0000d977.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD977 19296 bytes
SHA-256: bc87c4084c37aaf6fc5b3abd604eb52fab94e5e5b3c12e7172eea9f123ede4a2
font_01_sfnt_off00010c20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C20 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012437.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12437 11324 bytes
SHA-256: 4fdac49f2385fb055bae5bce4e6b170e84349a76d71e095b1801d4989b5ae1f3