Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e413f8204c48ecd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-23 17:47:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bc8caf410f3aeb7a4b0819ace4fabe39 SHA-1: 8da0eb8087a31b96d2b78072d90ed1d2f5b1d4b7 SHA-256: 7e413f8204c48ecd5635fede654393d0e884b50f06dd5f5e44ac4c3db7b61dcb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of numerous external links suggests an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://roofmed.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740efa154c4---61864002402.pdf
    • http://headrepublic.pl/images/files/35538011937.pdf
    • http://xinyaoqiye.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-23/20210623062603555342.pdf
    • https://pk-kuepfer.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kujuxokamakapinimixukinul.pdf
    • https://moolans.com/uploads/files/37355441513.pdf
    • http://vitecolte.shop/file/dijimozisifopoxix.pdf
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3ccab850bb1fa966493861a514c4262/57595992061.pdf
    • https://sacc-la-chaux-de-fonds.ch/fichiers/file/84234371159.pdf
    • http://statewideroadservices.com/clients/879378/File/mitegu.pdf
    • http://jlm-kg.com/uploads/file/lofidunuropev.pdf
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3khnhb4udq2rgavulvmnvkqchq/21226994453.pdf
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ec6ed89094360ca107dd9ca304f9649/60263440572.pdf
    • http://taxilitomerice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nigidikogux.pdf
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160941d1612a0f---6194057926.pdf
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ec6cecc787---47734040438.pdf
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/vudozazajufokigerakibusid.pdf
    • http://grhs1983.com/clients/72571/File/sunovinuwuze.pdf
    • http://stolizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/libuwujobagetag.pdf
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4uiq21mfqfnkvl25fgmdv262p6/sizukovejikozase.pdf
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecdffe9e00ec34a300614d7ddf1949e3/napokamotenagakidugira.pdf
    • http://kleinschaden.expert/userfiles/file/ruvewomepavometabu.pdf
    • https://karapinarinsaat.net/userfiles/upload/file/67640206154.pdf
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/em54ol3l5ip4i0k4qatrgvm3i8/16892973136.pdf
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfa895dd4bfaa810ca528d89106ae60f/16695395826.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=is+highway+39+open
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f08d.bin
7e3b30e67bba87a008448c202c54c9f814ec38ca5b800b5167bd2b3a0104c124
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF08D 17720 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011f5a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F5A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013771.bin
1faf86f041643f0d5ec3708e04db694ff7865d0f02e8f4638fd71ab10a502d1f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13771 10780 bytes