Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d96d642a681275a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 20:28:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: eb43ee272a80a423c3d52b1133d579f3 SHA-1: 36c4bce7ab50b07bae58faf674e025191bcac048 SHA-256: 7d96d642a681275a26bfd290d0ecbbde84502403832fc7a86be311f8a3299c30
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. These links likely serve as lures for phishing or to distribute further malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

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://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608366607ef79---goxamewubalepaka.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/noripulaxenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesemlak.com/test/images/uploads/files/petuxopubusanome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ace29692c7ca4bf1ada5f03437e28e6d/46781248713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160927e8427ff6---likiradi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949d589b65d---29570626998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/61606827484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolegalezullo.eu/userfiles/files/66943374666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rainbowcaterers.in/userfiles/file/letadujumamumuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160730e80a0f02---49833263157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abimobiliare.pl/pliki/File/25492191042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084beeca0b93---ferumanaxepol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b9f692dcd---48797444669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af7f7020d2b---wudatazinina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7abd19b63d0cf81ce5261da1b3fdd3d/kubofirirer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermaktif.com/imgup/file/zagafovivajapegofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masan315.net/board/imagefile/file/rajopofonorijurezom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dovolena-jiznicechy.cz/uploads/vadalanoxojusudud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072aa1247a1c---27952748365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8efdfc1a0a---verifolitux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba640c3826d---80067375270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4335408b1---1223729307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/fafifozisep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba82907ec5aae9dc95d37ae4c80d4c68/23254982954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://decoveinvestment.com/userfiles/file/vawazekopaloviger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=i+think+life+is+google+feud+answersPDF 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_off000118d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000130e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130E8 17828 bytes
SHA-256: 6ffbaa0c2b4cdc0224165ac9ad44e272e0528bc5f91cc503efe36f1e7adb281a
font_02_sfnt_off00015f5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F5D 10860 bytes
SHA-256: a735223cb0bbdd706bf3b1c0e7c10ea906540e925a5bc532f59663fac5897cf5