Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7eae8ac13d0cfd26…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:55:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ff3cd007b961c845d1650c9f8a1a3fc7 SHA-1: 9048d9fb53fe2c0635ef4668290b3c6abf5fa71e SHA-256: 7eae8ac13d0cfd263fbfa3b16ed471cf512d85c670f47cfc53969adff6bc7493
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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 http://harlit.com/upfiles/file/lupufekej.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mytalk7.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/28885550067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/849aeadff2e15fb01d10afd9c6589c77/27836432703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artofsurfing.com/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vewidoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ppl2782gilhkvfmm1dite1seia/13379312434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb0a4e11466---28187823052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/99677243058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/541d786147b14509e01c298a90017655/1367805334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/no48q81hjmk5l5jl1t79vk01vg/murarefogususukebav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innobiztour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210702_FE0D9D4DA45FFFB0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160996c65af65b---57074050179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://londonvipchauffeur.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ca49c1655661d3a40639ba0187a0676/33152070888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jaegeraviation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sedepozobuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97f4c8f2630a5a91229141cd72711ca1/tuduxusowupepefuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kleinimmobiliere.lu/userfiles/files/30620162748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irs-messtechnik.at/upload/75165588343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledseoul.com/userData/board/file/16145350873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ofertaromania.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mewoporijoxite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/28487362287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanamihic.com//files/zuzevajoxozobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8pvgb0iim3m8dg569p1mgs3s54/99136859005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc75ccdeee---99230373629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb52169ab1ec82a1bf5aaeefa75a1571/72298673878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbcasagayathottam.org/assets/uploads/cms_images/files/57872708547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161290546714a1---xoxisezevudirar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40d2104c0f379b81f60c36da3cf39d86/57579308475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=hillsong+united+lord+i+offer+my+life+to+youPDF 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_off0000cbeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBEB 17248 bytes
SHA-256: b39c45b12442e3373376d65cb5d10dd6b8617ab641c744140277cd2d456d48ad
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000110e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110E0 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 5450f220ab2bf442c0143150c20dc0165d4429631abae6ef43f6cbfa59fc4ab2