Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d89b38a756cf216…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-13 11:21:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 20d478c0bb5f6aa83995e4bbce58aff3 SHA-1: b5270b4c178047ed572fbe0acd38d12b50600b7e SHA-256: 7d89b38a756cf2165693763497c4c04bc750fe0c91f892b2c250ada4a8986863
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host further PDF files. This suggests a link farm designed to distribute malicious content, likely a phishing lure or malware downloader. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613432ee36382---60758972983.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613428e68af05---90963311153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://7mark3t2-7aya.com/contents/files/44506286450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superiorservicesandsolutionsfl.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/zokoxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xz-brand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98485941266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moestuinwebshop.nl/userfiles/file/bapikusagukawelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.com/userfiles/file/23559441510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ros.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bikubokupijowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmakler.org/userfiles/file/jabugedisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonnhanh.vn/Images_upload/files/fimaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primariasantana.ro/uploads/file/fomutenuwitemum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f1ddceb4df---75313220200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stin-verdon.fr/assets/Image/files/dasakom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zapcdn.space/web/img/podborky/files/4963906326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f345171e1b---42594641271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weifong.tw/fckimages/file/14731636016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banerjeetourspecial.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/640524878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bimore.vn/webroot/img/files/44871221401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayjack.com/upload/files/32270807855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szamosiszerviz.hu/feltoltott/files/ditosotagawinezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f741c0cdbeb09686df5e54a22e7e6740/80863764678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pindimana.in/uploads/file/41039705332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proficlim.ru/public/userfiles/file/2614673395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blogsma.com/files/loxudememonebirulimul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salondumariagededijon.com/userfiles/file/75548469507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=android+how+to+delete+text+messagesPDF 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_off0000c84d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC84D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e064.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE064 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 350005bdc7bc51702d6942c23b8b45e4a2f6149719baafdcf952dc9b67084f20
font_02_sfnt_off0000f92d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF92D 17612 bytes
SHA-256: eeb38638c1f6d4bcc692a53c672e53cf16f7814bb2c2d427eaba8f2c1314c1dc