Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e217d0de5a415f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 22:03:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c576b2f8d5512b15802b85cb5dee98d3 SHA-1: 1c403fe4cddb1def21ade7eed4e656d8aeb9bf3c SHA-256: 7e217d0de5a415f1de2555a5d0c696eed4a09ec62be6fbcf8b681590588d31fd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a malicious workflow, likely leading to the download of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=xmas+tree+drawing+with+colour PDF link annotation
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/finod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legyenegyjonapod.hu/userfiles/files/22177159942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf4d0ee770---febufali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/678c33f84e0d88cc29c062bcbfd5418d/vaxemibozuzonobodil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xaydungdonggia.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/gobomazofatap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nceh96m5b2lo3g39utorr69fnt/puwufunozixipamajejefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inter-travel.hu/_user/file/vujigokadivaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/238gci3k4q7buocjpa53tq7qo7/loxulaxebagefutuwexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d35f7a231a---89197635873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caf0947835a19fa8490392f387080d4d/falofibeliginusasuluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/79115087504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b84430ef38b---43206112306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/83384717848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3rm39jrphco4qvrnnsil6btd92/59828236233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b97cd32c61b---48460342177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamam.by/upload/File/file/tokaxinegolubufejifuruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/70915529733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb2a3cdf29---93818155552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a008b12065a---jolodotavijevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/kubifakivaguxojupibot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608100b32aa48---77563772574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/991783f877f72bc7d9153c0081adc88c/movop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e405.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE405 15988 bytes
SHA-256: 1ed998fb4fd15b9c723cb4708963ce0391541d26fd4a97e1113fc33eecff55ac
font_01_sfnt_off00010d09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D09 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 16e4371f88f210f93df389f1ef1fa3b0d7aa17c8e36e90cdba70da766a21ac47
font_02_sfnt_off00012649.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12649 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1