Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7eb9d0b5316e1936…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-06-20 22:07:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: db1e2fbe6f084de76a10faa01c246033 SHA-1: f097a989c15f6b887a7303365b3f4e1c5bdcc287 SHA-256: 7eb9d0b5316e1936dbdee60a407b187e77b827d0e8cf0fdae48611347ec62c89
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware or lead users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a malicious document delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r7lldrvq29dbul57lhtpq3khn1/kaxufevuzitowoma.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/titavorigulogivutatopel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttpf25ntoreklngunu8t0tusn9/kemerufonelelaradofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4159351af4fdddfcaff6b62c1afd5f2e/jokuxitomebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6l1gbuskrl7fvjc0r344db901o/gadiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3977c5a55264fab7e46b90414d4e3701/75865523978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel2.com/contents//files/xozatofeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/gabaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097d4606a18e---lojagidakezukuwome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a720be913---josofujumisami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/24831192827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f0b0139e6728a45bff6b913079f6877/vasujebumasalomujixegede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aac24aa25b7---89918994089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd4b3aa3cf8ae17bcc6b75c6eb00c11d/surovegugakuxusodevifulos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa73407793---64199261314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cgi93v63qb786kbkiieunth8np/pusixepopoxugux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7b8c8daee2---68750991399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a279cf8d5db---vowoginuredezixumuduzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opentle.orgIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=grammar+with+a+smile+class+7+book+pdf+solutionsPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.htmlIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f27a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF27A 5804 bytes
SHA-256: 6931e7ba3fae2fff034bf8ba3708742263b47efbccb20a30acd45a26f3651781
font_01_sfnt_off0001061c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1061C 6096 bytes
SHA-256: 5c8315477683aa1d3fd841116862019cbbba5c4771cd38d8881bbb85ed012e8f
font_02_sfnt_off000115cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115CC 11484 bytes
SHA-256: f8d3a96d94e9973d8271628631ecbb07e60f6130630015f57caade7a4961d1ea