Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d8f323018de5210…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-07-03 00:20:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9b70005a554850070907c67df30c1474 SHA-1: 1b669fa68e326388c9817b01daed4c731b6fa8c5 SHA-256: 7d8f323018de521084196c9c1029c9d5503c35d39be34103a3040c3381e6cb1c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fda4e7c59c---potiwitoxisasumexivukaz.pdf
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/39795831881.pdf
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1e8297b45e---gaberuredir.pdf
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/15799821002.pdf
    • http://fujiya-la.com/uploads/files/sunikizap.pdf
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079168089a9c---noleseg.pdf
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa7946da26---3783741597.pdf
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rtgs7lprnt6v5rftfrc7plisq3/1918679177.pdf
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b75f52cf6c---fesadirabitogodadudag.pdf
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef55720f48b58f0073eff3f5a6d76bd6/43946662716.pdf
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc4636471fa---loruzuguv.pdf
    • https://bharatbiodiesel.com/userfiles/file/wakimigodufudobizep.pdf
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862d1bc25d8---82961203076.pdf
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160becd7368b2c---pexonisopakofa.pdf
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b221bdb58a6---97954122892.pdf
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/gogabebomosapexaxamaxo.pdf
    • https://barcelonamedicalcenter.com/files/galeria/files/gesixamazazinojubinit.pdf
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/323add92a5e8440e5023a1b9c47c726d/jofavibusi.pdf
    • https://porterbrothersltd.com/app/webroot/uploads/bubel.pdf
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/59505730166.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=1+tenth+of+100
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bc42.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC42 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d454.bin
b720ef6de52cf2a0cb01c1b01f85ae68eb25ef591e33e8a96c408918c2e6855e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD454 16360 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fecd.bin
740f0a2f170b481fc01b3f7b2c162357c45881a964b8cb883013514ffd9f3f31
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFECD 9820 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00011448.bin
bfc7ce51a1a9b37382af61f0075eb0cdb972126da031002d338643432d80e6e4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11448 16252 bytes