Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e752d823011331d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 06:24:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 9f68f5d863c3ec8a006cbd1698956d12 SHA-1: e37b1fedbeef3205eb4f76c3cd00c24d67b367b5 SHA-256: 7e752d823011331d7809b784c0b32071b73b33a51cd8f02ef97a6a12cb605b05
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links points to a T1566.001 (Spearphishing Attachment) attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cada34875aa---76342000053.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/38276643022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c1b49c891a---taluvikav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhspartan79.com/clients/9/97/97d0d0788ec4d6723ba7be3cd58769e3/File/xisedotokedajasabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ipc6nhm6nl6n3om2gu7v17r00m/65849611756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bp3nlou66fv1s3ims0voftkne4/magekurinozofexor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86b70a239d1bbafdf9b1b451bc0bc298/5093697298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sterlingsez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74034234751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irrisyst.eu/files/file/28708728473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eakqshop.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/wimukotezomudoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thenext.pk/userfiles/files/13552223661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rickgrisolia.com/userfiles/files/25582009218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/zovapakiwufenizovijuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruihuitax.com/files/file/sutef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hp-cnc.de/uploads/files/82389561359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d660e8499---62343444904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eghamatyab.com/basefile/bainbookcom/files/51818690416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/17270111799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03ts76ltdpuvrbkq90hqvdp161/6174813391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec0dacf8e5c02b35ab433f85a3358e1b/bobirolubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northphoenixmustangs66.com/clients/4/4b/4b49b54eec06ebba3741256e9f3e6f2b/File/31882365719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/19144409067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a899ebec2c6---97842238277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adcdadd438e---48054988186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehotelgateway.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/razonujomezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=java+certification+exam+questions+pdfPDF 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_off0000bec4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEC4 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 5d031e6f3e2d3b2cf7f5c5327e3f2c03879c2f55861a94833218b5f184e1a4b0
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8A1 17916 bytes
SHA-256: 7d28514556d272c2d1e5acc21eb01b187591c917c6a6888673344c8aea9a7b88
font_02_sfnt_off00010710.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10710 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1