Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d8c328e17cd53ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 04:25:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 40eaacb2e5de615f9cdb2d4c32c76360 SHA-1: e928277a47c663d2cda66858bb2d878192e6b4c3 SHA-256: 7d8c328e17cd53ce8dbdbc503bac7aed2de29d142cdf7953d96f8122cde9f60b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://partnerplus30.ru/images/fornews/files/28585355617.pdf
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ekmm07dtke1gq10lncchsghp2/zevofuvakukusudefeperunuw.pdf
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab00064596a---nazekofosenizetupajil.pdf
    • http://artdealer.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/7a09eb3e17af988ba90b4a7d67611fcd.pdf
    • https://lionkingbali.com/uploads/file/37671680610.pdf
    • https://dolaodong.com/userfiles/file/fenerinewokiderek.pdf
    • https://zionapostolicministries.org/uploads/file/nusebukebeketijebite.pdf
    • http://mobilesamara.com/img/files/file/59195281796.pdf
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a922dd0c17a---mujujuwozenulefe.pdf
    • http://pleasanthillpchurch.com/clients/5/55/55aa087cacc886b2254ddcc242c0699b/File/39414485088.pdf
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sd8nucohiqefpse4gihno3s2u6/sebidibuzaxetavasuf.pdf
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22359189013.pdf
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/nemab.pdf
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a314d18c0da---winubi.pdf
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8asqp9mjs1mbtubddenrnn2uv7/69290496556.pdf
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608440d4cbe12---femadodugozebobiwugewoz.pdf
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u1b68prauhgtsro6m2nokof5j1/7946043411.pdf
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/437df8048b369f9c12040c0618854cb5/gawamorux.pdf
    • http://messtores.ca/fck_user_files/file/xaboluxuxa.pdf
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d568e9aa92---46481477990.pdf
    • http://amindoost.ir/images/upload/files/70770458580.pdf
    • https://charqueadaboavista.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/476d4eafa8e96da7e9e4e5e2173c4029/notonafotu.pdf
    • http://internationalnetworksolutions.net/files/
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/daiqros56btvf5034jvm6if5ma/50595723529.pdf
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dof76mmdtqkmoa1q99setsrvn/94401958663.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+use+a+socket+wrench
    • 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_off0000f59a.bin
69705c92856805ded9a6d0a90107217fa18a8174f3485c1f9632a4fe375c66ae
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF59A 18036 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000124b2.bin
fa048c0d1e99c6e995306411d9870a864aae425bfaeb9df724468b4fed995416
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124B2 10688 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013d31.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D31 16792 bytes