Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7eadcc19e4902872…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-07-16 23:28:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c6aae373923c12e52348c195449826a3 SHA-1: f7776b36af5f04cf1743c8d3e7044f44f0cf4c42 SHA-256: 7eadcc19e4902872874de8266670b42f5d26857698484a5fa028ad4bfb6b5e81
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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://web68s.com/upload/files/jaxumopakegofusegaludal.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1pk11no7u6on9ks35v9kttmft1/lirototuviwan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/nopiramaminodot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3693e536d6---zovugedadujazezevesuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd083ed548---guvulotefubigomini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nexxosrealty.com/userfiles/files/90453934618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amd-export.com/site/upload/file/segero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f67ee002af4248f006a4d8852a3f7f9f/84575326814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad098f0d922a8a4f7d4efc2778d0b13b/jonewolaxunizeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bielle-srl.com/userfiles/files/disevivitawibiwumalivuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608623ab420ca---40996650648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ec20324cf---luxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/30797165778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/nilivibiroruzimoridun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e4d463235---77531796738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacoorhealth.pt/site/upload/file/turowiwepezepopulodim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c7e7ceb6e8---rozizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=gameloop+the+bestPDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2318459235838d37d24a49844c81520/14438750035.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_off0000ed37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED37 1704 bytes
SHA-256: 4399651035424788af89a61815135da753d7a2ba72e38705d6f444edb27b28e2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f548.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF548 16764 bytes
SHA-256: df097273063365656890e0607dbdd0783efde9de3dd89bfb2177b127f58a06ae
font_02_sfnt_off0001210b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1210B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00013922.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13922 10400 bytes
SHA-256: 861985f5276dbb514c4e3a456cb8357a684a2619817501d0a7c8c06bb959f836