Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e861d3ff5ea5fdf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-07-10 04:03:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 13cd3383b584ddba3568e374edc50580 SHA-1: d0cb048ee59e36fc23fc692b26cff7ca341b1ac0 SHA-256: 7e861d3ff5ea5fdf21a78bf46bc1ec9f0b88c5e81ab044622f4180350c9ca6e5
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for delivering a second-stage payload via the embedded URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/97787167716.pdf
    • https://fereshtegan.net/basefile/fereshtegannet/files/40329903844.pdf
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n3okrq9doore1isp3dkm5m1f5u/81832280144.pdf
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/dakonef.pdf
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/kuxaxufaguz.pdf
    • https://franchise-vietnam.com/app/webroot/img/files/fewifupovuzigaje.pdf
    • https://aradmissions.com/ci/userfiles/files/gubajixagowapekafufine.pdf
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/simenod.pdf
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/dovoju.pdf
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84b89ffb2315a47f772cc430c0828567/2273465860.pdf
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c625675e273b07bb1ab4a67457a88ddc/zixaxuwolewatevimivuxuge.pdf
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/93747689455.pdf
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba56f938a24---29777942350.pdf
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4351e665b93dc9b756d6fb4c6de6dd42/27948405401.pdf
    • https://proia.bg/userfiles/file/67716483186.pdf
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070082b22659---bebebamunutojufaman.pdf
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607170bc096c0---82811910773.pdf
    • https://euroroma-bg.org/files/file/meravuxewotedamoleto.pdf
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d81948cfa3---paxuxusatesepula.pdf
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866210b0b67---zezejugotoditofevapizom.pdf
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7894d9811aa09cf16d07d0ac3dc111e/78346603894.pdf
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/58540183003.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=law+of+contract+book+pdf+free+download
    • 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_off0000c302.bin
02bd7a603a7f6c92829cfc4ff660903d6b1e8976bd3f4c669895ed81105fb30c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC302 17124 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee7d.bin
5b673bb3b957e3a5fc2c710b815c42e85a1d33d0255e9f2d5538ec65aa97d7ec
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE7D 10628 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000106cf.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106CF 16792 bytes