Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d415a0c74e48168…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-07-21 18:01:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: da25132f50232428133fd0f303c479fe SHA-1: e3df659832d6437bdf9e56b8757f23ce09f5fd4b SHA-256: 7d415a0c74e48168e4c1ad962c68270f41e9636191661210b4cbeb63956c8ffb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the link farm heuristic is sufficient evidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r2fo1s74cgoa65bn2c6g1alb7t/foborebomipive.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://safires.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57687272944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fg51ag5g671c6lvvp8tf3lr44d/xokuwerolaxebafoxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202105111532524687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-bouquet.be/userfiles/files/23775552401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5kdm79luf1vis4ll3g8ruurdusvc2psj/ronukezonavavexuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.de/files/file/lotejerikowetatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a92d2bc4d9c---31393828664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linkipt.com/_UploadEditor/files/fukutamubuduwikagawajure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zevkotodoseme.com/upload/ckfinder/files/lapuvozeximabokedufunor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birudongker.com/contents//files/27788656574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/6387489734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cef543131c---64717003639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4u9s9rncfr00udjvaohknbvpk/binimenapofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609476184c886---95942896713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdc6b99f41213434dc207bbbf15f87aa/41219950728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7e4b159f52---zodeburofopijazewafame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccfabebab50---28191080673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/14612984616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886a5c22350---jopanupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/wiminewituxosixona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leoclubmarsala.it/userfiles/files/4883222740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7376910241---33236113137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentimresiklos.hu/upload/file/zalixonelanuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/sipafolovajijabunuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=funny+pranks+on+friendsPDF 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_off00011123.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11123 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 4b851edc9db33446f917074377e3dc511564a9882fe693f2da975a37c2312e20
font_01_sfnt_off0001298f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1298F 16644 bytes
SHA-256: 1d0b4ddd3f36a55d57070ccae88503ba3edf9be74c9cb72ac2e9a17dd11526ad
font_02_sfnt_off000154c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1