Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7da76432d681ef36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-08-16 20:20:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 60d176b506b8de46935503aa6b3c67fc SHA-1: faf123a0c13ce8e6a6308eadd21560279bc4e4b8 SHA-256: 7da76432d681ef3619452c574883762ee1e7addb0048fff5fe481d00864dfbf0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs, some pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files. The presence of a visual download button further supports a lure-based attack pattern. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9unahis20cg2nnjgllkgd90p7i/xuxufubibuv.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rml536bhopnscpsb5qk4jmk3d0/zaligilupaxunijopipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6851e97a1d091c856d9a1c581504731/bobexuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0d56974bf7---vexudewuxofamufamuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a732f8ed930---nupoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://annjulieskarpmo.com/userfiles/file/54861596846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itkaufmann.com/images/fckimages/file/43995016872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a53a430250---67373010554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dd7910300d4d18676e9b1edf1d75cf5/1049270704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e74aea1fe---14111099278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c9307272a2a7fbefef80ec42ccc184c/60586580579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c848818ad75d5154d121149b988a4a9e/82903233727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelsafeway.com/userfiles/file/68852300177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarentcar.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210630_8BBE6810209128C0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emachn.com//data/attachment/file/zawewuwotiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar.com/contents//files/wofijixepulodesobovisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e7ffef7b2782fcaa5efb17ea295e9c3/51940617660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aneri12.eu/res/file/fisoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elm3rad.com/file/radegij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuning-zone.eu/userfiles/file/bexovixasagakakopane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patrick-vallot.com/upload/files/zesufetelevazisezera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/wawevalefizegemotozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machin.kr/userData/board/file/mewapolaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af7ed5cac4d---50626551790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=al+brooks+trading+price+action+trends+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000f5f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010e04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E04 16568 bytes
SHA-256: ee373eabaddd1b03097609bc0faba23673184773a7c58d207e54e848289e05e5
font_02_sfnt_off00013939.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13939 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 7d59e05259812b26260fec5c49be9c13c9c686d12425235f0093d1ada7804a14