Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d804ac23b32f022…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-10 03:21:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 75d44a9a8074a1cb59ec96d2f88e57d6 SHA-1: 6d3623d57e61a4fc1575ee1f48dc2da098a864b3 SHA-256: 7d804ac23b32f022aff594a85e20cf3f1231b3c90e0d319a8a6efd33a730460e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://investmentskillsgroup.com/images/userfiles/file/norisot.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/puximi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neurooperations.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saxupuromubaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline.bet/contents/files/sodirodesegivimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elard-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/telekowapunavudexebosup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africareview.in/userfiles/file/66180444685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/99097589702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-xian-coat.com/uploads/files/202109071047383159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137b050a3155---rogotafexusobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137c12694ea0---sulifusigowerelumurodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/46608161881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05cc483269e18fab7cb008e49cfa2f88/32945423740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadingedgecorporate.com/user_images/file/20502183234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/61239848531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web5gstore.com/Files/files/nawolewil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://integrotech.com/zdjecia/file/daxapemoxizel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tk-weld.com/images/library/File/juvowejad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessie-vinylcare.com/file/46354981165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmyhship.com/uploadfile/files/bulizezenowejutakumapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jg1kt65e37m2ba8kkkfddk4p60/58837225453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carmelocuritiba.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vibosoxizisodalafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khangvietdn.com/uploads/file/31109860954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sourceit.ke/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/16740860902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://italianopizzeria-pg.com/uploads/files/14709267347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istanbulballoons.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rusakobepagajifolid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learnrkbin.jugalbandiresearch.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77783254011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=a+level+accounting+textbook+answerPDF 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_off0000c606.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC606 17704 bytes
SHA-256: 0d742386e4b43b8e26f6d3de1548648e1652beeec77f4a9380c27aee53a11dd6
font_01_sfnt_off0000f415.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF415 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C2C 10972 bytes
SHA-256: a8ad908e4bdbdc8dde48fe56a89b0d1f86b4b12faafab778d7b9555d1d019a3e