Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d59d01127774d59…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 06:09:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 03f37e5ad407434a849b02ee8e8aa9fa SHA-1: 5ac837752751c90b65443ad3a9f14e014337697e SHA-256: 7d59d01127774d59f82008d78b1c5d0b33dffb36d9e0b83d7366b48c31680a92
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. Embedded JavaScript is present, suggesting it may be used to redirect users or execute further malicious actions. The numerous URLs extracted, many hosted on compromised sites, reinforce the phishing or malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c795379002d---rebesajodevujabelijizewo.pdf
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd15a5db2785a962e027a9244eecd930/76233288315.pdf
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2a3b51325---gokivad.pdf
    • http://filtrydokoparek.pl/img/all/jijubezawikafi.pdf
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096e149a511c---65666733808.pdf
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759b3601919---57919280713.pdf
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c14a9ed92---lopegup.pdf
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariorigolon.eu/userfiles/files/beziwe.pdf
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/87941920255.pdf
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f7da9a7b3---bazomejazabebewitetuluv.pdf
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c7637cef8---21929637327.pdf
    • http://www.electricman.in/demo/frontend/web/uploads/files/82310754525.pdf
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3ff87e846a---vagodiborotesix.pdf
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57794d8919ecde5e296d41bb586ba846/67976740675.pdf
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c3a573884---34179495049.pdf
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ecb4258e23---74361139306.pdf
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/87124733526.pdf
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n895tfnfc5b17aic6n55lg7aeq/nosudaperupi.pdf
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071042a338f6---68264181759.pdf
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4df9d8ecfe---941678668.pdf
    • https://coopinproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96157793412.pdf
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/xefimijamexoxuxakalod.pdf
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/on79j2htiendkf3bfkpv274ee1/61603666096.pdf
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/82905296664.pdf
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88f9d3cb3c6f47277d74ba1dd21e6075/43544626331.pdf
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/xigusopu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=fed+up+study+guide
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f3dc.bin
04ca6c758277b4210489a8b92320acaadacd65be084dad07a4888077abbde0fb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3DC 18420 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001234b.bin
10d4d052abcca558b50f3fd3c52fd0768e2aa69fd38fcc88f8d54641a6b9cdb4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1234B 10228 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013a30.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A30 16792 bytes