Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e9b0a542fbe8c21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

532.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 00:50:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8c428430f4344687374b664ee5c44109 SHA-1: 4a7e38aed4a6e4d99ff636f3250bd82876c919a7 SHA-256: 7e9b0a542fbe8c2107accd23c3585d8c1499a81cb03984b63702c856920e00c9
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of urgency lures and the ML classifier's high confidence score further support this assessment. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7051

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
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=250+usd+to+php PDF link annotation
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fe0d9090eff987308252ca0af5ae8cb/64232213421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiskreunion.com/clients/b/b4/b417c2091670ce0b0d78f4b231aea02c/File/fojolalenonelus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ca0e1c8a32---52022083602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d334266b40---nimunuzizupikasuvog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/xigafukav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://119hero.kr/userData/board/file/xepajetovijasugenip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cdf1b55653---3197089956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607405ae1543c---numedotebipofatog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carlojans.com/cms/file/wituvojosiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bmtme7lcggof1bla8i27bkjrqj/pamemurotafemijolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/3812702932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e83c7a2f39---21888240596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vansuloi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/rofofojenad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7bc9a9187---66435003722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab5344ba57---kuferetodini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea4f14edd3339c969452e62bf605a931/lopawuxiditiraturat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///3303567525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a2a330baf---kegelotagekugubasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/34844298102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/55045433465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkojicin.cz/userfiles/file/rutalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78fd2di3ahefop62qch2vftdnk/fifoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gloucesterclassof81.com/clients/23558/File/ludagofe.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0007e0e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7E0E2 10232 bytes
SHA-256: 2f1e5a99ebd55228d5a8af416e1ad33659c39763385a0116a6c1cd17d4062d63
font_01_sfnt_off0007f811.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7F811 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00081023.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x81023 19352 bytes
SHA-256: 245b1fd11cc9d54e278e062e27fe20aba4cfef7cc8663b877909192b6096228d