Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e5d02f7b2696fb5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.8 KB Created: 2021-08-21 15:30:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 15e05eea56af831dc826ef30878495c8 SHA-1: f897248196344643e79f451b88d04b4de1a39a95 SHA-256: 7e5d02f7b2696fb590d2a5dfc15f7a7b9b1f4ef469d343ba31ebaf97a30d4f3e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a common PDF-based lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc7e9111ba2---49360413394.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fb7008eae93dc27fa3abeb276644afc/97847707440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmicropilotes.com/uploads/files/88307146916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://overtonnation.com/clients/f/f9/f97855507a39dfa58978186db9bff07a/File/jamudesijepobuzurobegop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/88247912796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a8135dc913ec3281b3ba6f9d127a67a/vilapapojokoxokonuruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4887ad26a258283cf0583ee078bfc1c/nofaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a5af5f087468cd269603123d2ce8885/63394820519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buydecor.ru/uploads/files/venalik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079640eab806---67714228254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cs22j71u3hkbsep0ic8qd8lf43/18400564907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bdd24a7478---77869828237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rbq8b8pe0qg6crdbuqinls8ob5/mevurixadorubav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d76df52cdf3---57223770152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0878ebf90c---43917819714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digitaldaya.com/imagenes/file/26859924180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airfa.it/userfiles/file/sefobebudapexojinup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuresi-kaitori.com/upload/content_pic/files/kavikolesufatinomizeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608249198506c---38441663905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a2ed036fdb---wegevamigidarerebumugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilni-kadernictvi.cz/files/file/forov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/kaboropaxisarupobid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=engcon+rototilt+pricePDF 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_off00016a96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A96 10200 bytes
SHA-256: 1df974c4549c5d37d1878d7761dcc2d2f41f9985b866e04f0084a51a4f7d70c7
font_01_sfnt_off00018188.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18188 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001999a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1999A 18224 bytes
SHA-256: 3dd92af701b7f605561099b796d974ca4d3eff5aa92044b9653714a99df62054