Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ec5dd4ebac77159…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-07-04 19:52:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a0d94bbd0a3389fc0cacd393427fce57 SHA-1: 74a59eb8cedee8d7b3faad6ff81bbbe6556d8cd2 SHA-256: 7ec5dd4ebac771599edef27ddd9bc7320ddd1bd366546b6aa50d6e91694a46b7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of urgency language further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=owl+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://a9188.com/upload_files/art_files/files/20210702_124812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86416bc72c---37412871368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d5f9056a2---wexanivipulapek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sr9broechfpbhg9u7r4sfi5gi3/57927604051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b00d77b95---83055191826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b70d9c0b9e7c31571e002a390f0a6ce8/resamagivuzifil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/wiwopibuzajopobilisere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klimavill.com//data/editorfile/rixupine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df2037bd86bbf6a4757271e0352d4085/resekod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41dc55afb2457f3e73afc20a203697ae/zaluxonigededavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4741d1da2a---totazarutujun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084170e91d52---62266208542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f9bf265ae---65825525464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zetrade.cz/userfiles/file/kalobilanikosulitub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubin2000-distribuitorshop.ro/userfiles/file/31085606072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58g166986oht1f4v5vfv85lsbr/20384258137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transbur.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jolaxosugafotojovew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/zanaralo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba4cd7eff3---doxexexugiwevegemavorepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/gozenajitizewoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmost.pl/userfiles/file/43075129076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luberoff.com/userfiles/file/17382707859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resetimpianti.it/reset/public/file/80386206653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerd-pollak.de/userfiles/file/6191797011.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_off0000d17c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD17C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e993.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE993 10600 bytes
SHA-256: d95a531819911899ca801ea41dc33c48abc7206a2ff4c7afebf93dfcaa7631ce
font_02_sfnt_off000101c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101C1 17000 bytes
SHA-256: c73b73ebb2e65bfb15822bf090f41ee80aa997a7ebf4d8a5f4611287eb59fac4