Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d5d9cdfba9227f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-05 00:00:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 9e4de9a268cdb90c91cf130c8f71e10c SHA-1: 4a304ce72154c0fcd11654814b0f4dd1851673a1 SHA-256: 7d5d9cdfba9227f54d96ee26e1a975913f8333a1ac9ebd753e5f585182a21309
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, specifically a payment redirection scam. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which host other PDF files, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for malware distribution or further phishing attempts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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
  • Payment redirection / bank-detail change lure high SE_PAYMENT_REDIRECT_LURE
    Document describes new or changed bank, wire, ACH, IBAN, SWIFT, or routing instructions — a high-value business-email-compromise pattern
  • 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://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39db606b7d---48096481629.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/mimuwumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/67350736625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8f242e86c3---podetulamamudur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a509b117ce1---37801153892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0033173001619831517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae75d24e46c3a93b5fd53dac05fb04b6/41187766235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b455e6ef2---98001368245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p9mfuoj47c8j6jr46dgsq5uhig/64319725553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ee3774ec0---66004774077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738abb1f630---fopozepikofexefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.org/files/14486175844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/mubefaxesazunonogedemesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a6102678fe---kasigasofepetit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cn5vph8buod7prmnu1o2b3l244/gedasobinum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccca8da10b6---tetawowazujizidatedale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaplains-camps.org/upload_picture/file/51068747833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkbflooringusa.com/userfile/abbey/file/nozuditalugezofuxivuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/budobubuzonajipaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handinhand-daycare.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51548497635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086367d5dfc7---sinevovevasov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamarkosong.com/contents//files/66728121245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://champagne-marc-chauvet.com/images/files/towujolozagada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+credits+for+advanced+diplomaPDF 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_off0000ef6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF6C 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 035dc87d5c47acd341196673968e207c3850a18ffc555e5d3c8b7f2088ae722b
font_01_sfnt_off00010929.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10929 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001213b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1213B 17052 bytes
SHA-256: 1badb9975cc9848037eb821a2058bb24b84bc4f7f78f3f2973660784cd130270