Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ed2f6ea20b9824f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-07-07 02:18:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: e4da63fea73ac8b121dcbca67b800272 SHA-1: 58479a006ed8d3492acb96ca17da550cd20dafc4 SHA-256: 7ed2f6ea20b9824f616b6ada0b543cabbe33a1d794a4c5dea127e0b51bfd4ccb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_URI' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports this. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of PDF exploits often involves embedded JavaScript for redirection or exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=p+is+a+point+inside+an+equilateral+triangle PDF link annotation
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f827f2a98e---fudob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawina-radom.pl/files/file/pawevisatafibafojovuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1n3vtpe19cubmrdqu3robcche3/21176449147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f77c6a45e4a8e00326f4a2dc9207d19/gojivugufuwajeput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea004a26f2---zametezilil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/zefazodopuwujunuxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://execdentalclinic.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kavofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d32c00210d8574f0452a70f44696979f/69286634347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/824ab8a77490b0171b9f38d37575aa23/texabawufutibufululuruwef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kinel-hunter.ru/upfiles/file/niwoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegroverestaurantnj.com/userfiles/files/tibixaduvizitanosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donahoelawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zixubun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce97a66e431---61360410319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farashimirooz.com/files/liguku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/nadumupagatosanarurufil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cedd5eac35---lorijawixolugazozosag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aljazeerahpetroleum.ae/userfiles/files/galisut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4de42f34a3---mezeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/496831587b67a8eaed1b9fe97df2a9a3/36032930035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f6e5f35122---39690327316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824b168428a---vugipedesejematuferuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itacademyindia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85897731201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b327990fd84---raletabevavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34f07989a0fa3461829ce7783d21ca45/54965908237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ffbe4b925c---4437991406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/17567692655.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_off0000eced.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECED 18768 bytes
SHA-256: 71ee34d50f5ea9d766eb5c6fdc03c81ea7a5d306abd56a6ab3c6961a792ec48f
font_01_sfnt_off00011f31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013748.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13748 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 13a0a581e11766f615f1c7980f6f4eaab47e20030a5a3fe1604fe11236018e32