Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7dee2849821026b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-08-06 16:48:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ff73e1fd0912fea607d4692d2b9a8492 SHA-1: e6558464e1273ce0b34819b1d69d1596c3ddd493 SHA-256: 7dee2849821026b9de9f5d27f79d29a753bc33ed840283f0c5c131d3896821bd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure strongly suggest it is used as a delivery mechanism, likely via spearphishing attachments, to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://tycoonmarine.com/userfiles/files/tixemizani.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ever-pioneer.com/upload/files/78276179033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/befefakokepafogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c4fe27350---vadupijogiwevim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline.info/contents//files/tedexuxumefama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samudra99.com/contents//files/41214799999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3031cd312---56172857693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160996394eef18---rijosabaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850ce31a620---roxuzaxomitubawogux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099191c9dd6c---veniriwizujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ptfals4qpa0ivd0fpij3h506mc/woweto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9522ed2ce2---94880968181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b76cfd68e2a---83145728885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiataiec.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/48061084190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/213ef68b42560ddfa285ee2ac55b72e4/zuwopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techielingo.com/fck_uploads/files/26275747425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/tudipoxanibejubivukoriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahha.az/userfiles/file/remorifini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cs5n6gt747jc2quv7b714qi1or/funusuvitafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098cefba7791---boxasoxelafofimuvupax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pkhlu7ufb0kpiovt8e6kugqhj7/60561162460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075620751663---tuwoxizirasupibif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719985aca65---61940989786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=libro+de+matem%C3%A1ticas+de+segundo+grado+de+secundaria+resueltoPDF 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_off0000cdbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDBD 11088 bytes
SHA-256: d34f53e38a5e9f453b1de57e026afaea3f1df94c2fab6010d9f2cbab5b8ff260
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6F5 17324 bytes
SHA-256: 25a2ade24200b5f353a927283fef7593d4901456943bb6955fc4a9d27999764e
font_02_sfnt_off00011287.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11287 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1