Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ec56e78720e2e3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-06-30 07:09:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ba8aa899f23527f953be3219c386f191 SHA-1: c5da209c1d6b12fe766a1ce783d7d92e205340bc SHA-256: 7ec56e78720e2e3f365b87d9b10c5b8ee1dcb1366721a3439d547e0f00f31924
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://karapinarinsaat.net/userfiles/upload/file/29565597478.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3068e76d6b5a979e918427514152d28/resufakidefuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b20016b4815---25997139459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7776f0ea8084b090697f02d09afad92/7767307048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanahana.vn/media/ftp/file/15291221099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/laxorek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/73085079498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcc087e491---22590729762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/44832908032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbd63adc078---dogebeburam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g177g53k2jgrlauvkt2ksdqhj2/xomovofitoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a330eab0167---92028426153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canigrup.com/userfiles/file/25241489023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a98d93eabb---lijitonevudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072fd724fcb9---wudotatinalubimefes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2cadec384746cbd439be797aaf5c74f/bozitod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfa6db46ef5---janapinijawika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolaviano.it/userfiles/files/regofobakobowidenowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/xuforujarirolazon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078667f66f17---nunuvazorurajino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc49b729be---31227635265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/67777618530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770eb86e399---xomuruliwolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a86e94c089b---zokemeliteleniku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b960cea954---39747511548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+turn+images+into+pdf+windowsPDF 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_off0000ea24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA24 10972 bytes
SHA-256: d4cb77574d2b959d2d3ea0223832a4069dca83a317daf602b205fe19185abece
font_01_sfnt_off00010368.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10368 17188 bytes
SHA-256: 12a0fb08ec83b875319326761a1c026ba0e84b87d92d9bcf7ead35e0e38610bb
font_02_sfnt_off00013032.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13032 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1