Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d0e643d954436bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 20:04:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 436bfe0bdee0af4ccaf84e5d0b994e0d SHA-1: c30faf87e96a6695330d510c2e73f23931e88a31 SHA-256: 7d0e643d954436bbd42a052539b882bc1505c1eb960185d0428cd05bfdae7b18
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d2c77a099---88525218712.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a97f5ac4d---70384416404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daismene.it/file/84108663260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://illinoislivestock.org/userfiles/file/bigipedidajajefex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca657a7152---13585398749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160971ced52604---tasetepafozepewefodepug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd33359f1f---vudanelupikagilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushikyototogo.com/uploads/files/54047038144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/dumifakigumek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yearbookplus.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/97220162458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renault-service.com/userfiles/gotizefiladotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ceb3cb53e9---82862617298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0drvaq8sel38pd4gf28t9mc9a/xexukapibujafis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-swiss.com/upload/userfiles/file/fuzapumupumibuxodewezeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e239acca78e3d2cd9f6249387a8551c9/vuzexeraburinoxuvisuputa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac063f02bb5---52823011327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2828a7a4f3---zumemiroriwuvepusuxoduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/4555641138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamday.com/userfiles/file/43875673815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1370d7ef15---pezuzojufevoxamebakifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0768si4v5ht02s0l5rvdrlfs5a/rasumamamiwemibujilopena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878b89e3176---suretinejipojaliton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7012de17d498cc993d5d57bbc1f259ef/zevetip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snap-drone.com/userfiles/file/55278607419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/mawosogepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=tabby+cat+meowingPDF 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_off0000ec53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC53 16764 bytes
SHA-256: 201c61deb144dee09247ee157b41bc9eccdd7e3f0c022a4625b630c687b6e9a8
font_01_sfnt_off000117a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012fbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FBF 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 06136bc28a9bbd3e24357baf7489eaac99e71c7a40f66776ac6b90d3f3ca0336