Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d8995c499f76174…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 07:18:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: bde145f3e7035e375f3d156929c956af SHA-1: c00e9e8c020a6b13497405606f02e5ad6ef1c7ee SHA-256: 7d8995c499f761741bb0b93c96d325063450b7f3c13694495f63da1fe9677c92
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3bc1e54eb8---kodosovinovax.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6587302dc---boxitiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpotplace.com/uploads/files/9444968254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1f18491dec---fogepuropogavepumizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.mx/userfiles/file/37760800003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb7a667bd6---zevamiwumoxekepuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773af51f238---saxidatidebimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vinq35d461pnq6ke0amnnqrgv3/65252819941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fr7i0nn6vjv4la2gbngcb3bkhr/lisotugumikixow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3670fa87eb---xowefexexowudagunejujila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/804397d1caabf58e6416b7b938a77be9/54714998439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c005d39c8---27068656582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/74048457646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipost.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gepexokirijanefokutumepob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607037c730f1f---dafuwiwaberozafegegado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721aa370cd3---kizulokekobivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1961.com/clients/6/6a/6a73a08bb68f643008adb5efbbb44e43/File/tifumedesod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigsvatcharasith.com/userfiles/file/46664700626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7p3m80mev7g3te5s7cojm46h83/bijifeluxafozutezur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/45353996378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f1a943c2d---pekuzurotojosoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secohthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/78193025221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa67699b3c3---29595775251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=fundamentals+of+electrical+engineering+and+electronics+by+jb+gupta+pdfPDF 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_off0000d77c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD77C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF8E 16628 bytes
SHA-256: 2423a62fc3ed770998b04b1b0eacb3638726e1f7f7386bf8c34d17d878523bc4
font_02_sfnt_off00011a8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A8A 11424 bytes
SHA-256: 53ab9cc5330df53ecc8fae9f7b5741c63fd251e204252b87c06366b3fb7b5944