Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d01ea9eb6689b33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:01:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 90f0b306285da74bb87d18db6527f2eb SHA-1: 7a0efbc42b783d12886288d8ac6cbb68078ddcd1 SHA-256: 7d01ea9eb6689b3367aa3d1c4cb46289a80fa51c2474dc729558d065f610eef0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting and the ML classifier's high confidence score further support this assessment. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are indicative of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=principles+of+ecology+notes PDF link annotation
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eb7802e569---zavolodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833262a37f6---31847128424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/zokop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608962a4c354c---nerowedopaxenomulume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59e8ecf91be920bf8ba93d11a78b8156/nimub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8493acd7559954c40a745889fe71d44/70868778128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89a3b93d1d45af0988295ee669b5c90f/77577976052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/xurawojudodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wolfpackbasketballacademy.com/content_docs/72688812286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848dd02a165---zuxupafenavopovukewevanar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dilanediwalegakigegeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/061984f73c37dc0be126580b6599639e/gimuzilipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d308d7759e---10140513235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c53f07abd3e---29539352884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashionflutters.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63503975443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q4rob72udsnsl3esbve3kn7od0/pabilivozepapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3354cca7bff4e928e8fb0a99cc05c9ca/losufumuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interface-graphique.com/upload/editor/file/60312977761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd0421f7f28438ae56f95731cef3eed5/doporasibemofuzoserenuwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/zoruzukuboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelihome.ru/upload_picture/14429843548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dafelia.com/files/dowexewejadalejam.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_off0000e153.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE153 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f96a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF96A 10608 bytes
SHA-256: f4f1074b069fdde591b6d1de7ebcb6931f8120f856de9d270a8e76f2557ff1ce
font_02_sfnt_off000111ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111CA 18648 bytes
SHA-256: 3777fae1ab27b69fd4c693b1234f2a04a2f98f0d366da9c35aba795baecd5a57