Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d8b452bdf106744…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 22:18:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c9cd200a228b8b6bcd90779cb5889d6d SHA-1: 3e0b9b2c61224181608df23d7fd7552e6d591302 SHA-256: 7d8b452bdf106744ddd6bdc0b989267fed9128d2b119edb52bda1843f38e3b86
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a link farm to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically a phishing or trojan distribution campaign. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f5851042c---miwerenawatemujitukiso.pdf
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cac7d7f378---tinukituwokafo.pdf
    • http://nomorecpapmachine.com/userfiles/files/52507358657.pdf
    • http://andreaslasnik.com/data/files/51457793952.pdf
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/89382545962.pdf
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/84763548787.pdf
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608466c5a069e---xoreteredejabar.pdf
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8sm1kim8sm2p10c65l74noevn/85737111178.pdf
    • http://zoncmswebsitebeheer.nl/files/editor/file/19433180533.pdf
    • http://ikuseikyokai.jp/ckmedia//files/nujoruger.pdf
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ksc7ed7ni7gbhvsp1r0t2t1i1c/bogosikufifoxoduzinipitif.pdf
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3acd1c75a83af921bd26eabf41847817/jomafopojetaduxabaneleb.pdf
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19037dc86107deef8dbb9f29f6be80ce/lunobodegavubolegun.pdf
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a5489ae90---25221160527.pdf
    • http://vimar.ua/userfiles/files/merabatowuraluvegefuzu.pdf
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/873ub18bd31norphnnv1cqalr7/89790981331.pdf
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c722443d27cb7a1e6070e84ff0d9bae/joguwikozigitetozojizifo.pdf
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e2e149c03b2eb3a4e0d191681c0f349/14303291064.pdf
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/41141213040.pdf
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/bevigo.pdf
    • http://pcmcpropertyblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d83c188f583c6338068bcb7f0608613/sanezafisizodonezej.pdf
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a25e8dc5e---sugiravifoporimafer.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=icloud+bypass+tool+free+download+for+windows+7+32+bit
    • 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_off00010129.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10129 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011940.bin
1b2f7fa68d3ecb862335be40aad09346e1bc04b720972c135443fa99f9560e09
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11940 11344 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013414.bin
a837f815f6663b5403eb6067f8f1fdca345df9cdaf29479bbd8e5709c455a1ec
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13414 17072 bytes