Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7dbe45eb9998f785…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-08-30 13:34:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: b647885fe8fd5796bb353e32692791c5 SHA-1: 232b80c540e0ea14cfee3b320162bbcc5236ec65 SHA-256: 7dbe45eb9998f785d506aa38dc12462b8be534709ef9fa8e9b2b61d1f1bf4c48
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

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://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4f3cd77e0---lorawizowuvidenaze.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://equinox-e.com/upload/UserFiles/file/26758920302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/totolojomasavogaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gallery4walls.com/upload/editer/file/14113743139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a58220c02a0---topun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.com/userfiles/file/jinib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608588125102d---63931351030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fc-junajted.com/upload/datoteke/zofitus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/pafirejekije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/amsujq2b663rm5bnp8ecebpc26/23518030037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pomacanthe-art.fr/imagebeforeafter/files/68663018827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ajjed2so7iov803q0hg71gmilp/pinivituxuxuxotelimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebirdcanada.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210618_09C7F9E523AFAB76.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/904509fc9d16fa0adfd0c73135e83d75/13377199533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargiskola.ge/myadmin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tedatefepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praguetransfer.com/files/file/32908595645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833e15a8257---88204093447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/55275951987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scan3dsaigon.com/upload/files/96163650876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oag6ungn243m6tti3u2chjmnn4/74461838183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9cd0aa71ca5ed39fcd1fad1dd57ca5b/94945059728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a72676927ae049f345db1c3810a2e28b/sinavibogevasibanow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/566d8c5e47f970a293e71ee7f5555634/57020797866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=abc+small+letters+worksheetPDF 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_off0000bc73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC73 16172 bytes
SHA-256: afe3a68d13a9ebbeac0e6866af9e1d33550085ca829819a86e59903c6f0713c7
font_01_sfnt_off0000e664.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE664 10600 bytes
SHA-256: ca8dc1679449005ede2676b87c93830ee4d2fb063b65d81bb240fdbfbe48b1fd
font_02_sfnt_off0000fec2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEC2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1