Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e8bbb34bef41503…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-07-05 07:22:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: aab610fbcb8e90616e4468fc84c78919 SHA-1: 9726d133ed5eff61aa3ec7f71ef2d6ffa4aee859 SHA-256: 7e8bbb34bef415030c4afda37cf971cc169a94f665ef46106d4fe84d5e641d5c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure as a link farm suggests it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9757

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=phil+good+be+somebody PDF link annotation
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b93a3d463ee362b9a7ce997cd4aa39cc/wavelemexorizulowisov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzdsbg.com/uploadfile/1624925994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b840fb05f627e587108160a2366d9913/rebigimixibumidagagoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50a67d543ac57902f25e7b432dd4d2bb/ferawapafotonej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d87a25c2e2---25479640093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608421858ee10---1149635403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi2.com/contents//files/21410591193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medprobr.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12c471042283ac63e3fb0d85103622e1/41110038822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc2623a3a7a---35974579050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a7d2f3ba7---kenowujupobuvokaxuxorejid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ec537760c4f33db0fa593fa6079c62a/repifigirufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arisutour.com/ckupload/files/mopid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa2675ff87---5270427902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/suvatomitirorowajoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandraharris.com/clients/36054/File/gulevipotuwugojavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g59743j7p24r7e6bp4tl004ort/weduxudafuvev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a03ff95c1be---64219995032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848e6ed868d---woruvinilozifamig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf3hlhh30dm16n53jr5h0nbd33/vuvebiwidesar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2132f0c042---zawesetot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd54790174b---kedew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scriptdd.com/_file/file/78656560206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlaenvironmental.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/24133441255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb31b544d3---34762946892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a21bc7e2e---xajozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haithuanphat.com/uploads/files/kadizerodoxup.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c471.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC471 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC83 17216 bytes
SHA-256: 82c6f845cf9402e6b39a77c8b3427a25c19ff6f16d2ff34b0e0faf90c7c484d7
font_02_sfnt_off0001089d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1089D 1780 bytes
SHA-256: 1dbd65f6c2296227a176fb1ee32fef516f6123cdf777d83ae22328a49df6ca67
font_03_sfnt_off00011102.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11102 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 97312f4e36afedfd4ce6871eded9250704defa5277aadd7185c663190d412703