Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7dcd8f96463f9247…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-08-25 06:50:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 820db9b6a86ebbd000e6925d8a93fdca SHA-1: 374633032ba7271edf6134e302ff2f0316f930ba SHA-256: 7dcd8f96463f92474a0e4a315fc9b8ed904720f849c5d5bcf0b239148bbdb0f2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm structure is a common tactic for initial compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d448a7450e4---69925800139.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb4810537ee---67851453440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00df6e4fde40a1356294ec97a715a6de/53688704531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1584d0d61f14ff3afe70f9e609dfe55/83314820804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5b368cbe9---xotufuvujevas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gotoippc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wifevemaxere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maraulsan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41632292569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbularicilikfestivali.com/upload/ckfinder/files/xupom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078112ef402d---zujejumewolopapazidix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/46466850229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa17bedc6c3---zipagewofon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5363c7242a---67876865140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benefielddarrenfordhicksunited.com/clients/2/21/2186b72972973349411f8b90e6071e14/File/zadedejizojezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angeladaniel.eu/uploads/files/44565861256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emanuelmlevin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/80330397602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salubrismd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/220c4a9ca7a7cb565b4b1b9366a618bd/pogigezuvixabikopivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolka-wiercioch.pl/files/file/74874145751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfavit.tv/userfiles/file/96628319812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgpropertylawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71f98eadc17df203a79dc1deaab45056/vixezevugivinupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agatanorek.com/files/file/79803193797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2s440ch0eohbn114c6fcel9t52/lopupefozepagujerusan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/19846784640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://king-pro.com/userfiles/files/fobaneregimofex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de5436af84---53114943208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=guide+to+wow+legionPDF 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_off0000deac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEAC 10216 bytes
SHA-256: afab558d478b154c47cae4f7314c5cd88f417cca3b54561fd77950eaa6f45a6e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f58b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF58B 18092 bytes
SHA-256: 0b4d52512daa850496875d78273ff05ecc27d075b633d9c971efccfc625ee976
font_02_sfnt_off0001238f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1238F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1