Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7dda68dbcc3ba4a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-07-18 23:18:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 382ef6b8db1324647a590e53875938e1 SHA-1: 589c042d67ccc24ccd127abbeef35ab3739dbc2d SHA-256: 7dda68dbcc3ba4a909ec51735a32f3441f3035a2919dfe6c53542f712fde0bc5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of techniques used to lure users to malicious sites, often associated with phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9786

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://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dafe7947e4---takufusigejazakulakiko.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/paxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/kokunixojop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhigh78.com/clients/2/2d/2ddbae4fb74c169819b3574d76e4e264/File/gebufisojenikenosegob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0535.com/userfiles/file/20210618120121_4h2r3t.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bacd0b76ce4---kuxubokowamizik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/906eb9a072ba132d0a1f3bf3a391c092/84665082198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1bff7e0193ecf6c594563974b5960e1/wirepojigodamofanibub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1b93a4c872---51636564594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d68e627eb8a---belelamepogazifen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/topeduxazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d571908fe9---kazanuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nb7tifmb13nceevpvf2rlii1mi/fujupesavipifowuvuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5csgoccrtmrs2mr2k06r01r3ng/biviwimaferifedarodil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lexcyberia.com/userfiles/files/24742094604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peusch.lu/userfiles/files/doponepifag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/33061909161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f20320e592---53821776077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b11736e850---zagiwubobaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b96d2722a18---bekopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7e41ee5366---jinajaxebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094784a970ac---puxepedif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c6431f332---tapifitigupepojujilekam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab83757b7ed---5372935636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedvandergulik.nl/userimages/file/tixozakivugaxelixirevuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afslab.asia/upload/files/13792194475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=betrothal+tamil+meaningPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f7ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7ED 10440 bytes
SHA-256: f9840c47d6a6b661a8123060d6e03005d4e01842501047704fc2640fce945427
font_01_sfnt_off00010f67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F67 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012778.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12778 16824 bytes
SHA-256: 09abbf9e368996ef443905723e5751686725cb4ce6c50dd2fd378cce6b230df8
font_03_sfnt_off00013fbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FBD 17612 bytes
SHA-256: 022f4fc79fa13399ca43a4d03c000a159e88a2dcf17d9418d12f8686c5651578