Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f1c0280c18a1172…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-07-03 21:09:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 3ec5a35830f91755b07eb96f53458ba1 SHA-1: f4217a7a0b9a0168a809f51fab11c11b4af25096 SHA-256: 7f1c0280c18a1172e1d72b31efacfb8ccaf102ddcebad4152f4d94c5e80c8790
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URI heuristics further supports the attack pattern of directing users to external, potentially harmful, resources.

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 http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/jomigevodetuzerimivumek.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f3ba5218e---negegegugovikaduwijuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rsun.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56081629903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef2683cddbd8af5061f3d10d41172a59/joxonifoxozazedudob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf74cd9941---lawimej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/74646959679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/vumizinabamenusefasirumeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s6fjib6achaqj3r9b1hj8lftr1/nebejiwojiwamosopas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wagaskar.com/media/35152757681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad51ef2c87e---5850255366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/3676163511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/futawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c88fd45cd5---3738580525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nc1atatvfjrncep9ep9v953uv7/lejefasomakaluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gulfcoolcontracting.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/88613219901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardechetendancebrut.fr/userfiles/ardechetendancebrut.fr/file/78334629854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thieumaunao.vn/workspace/develop/uploads/ck_upload/files/61283874911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mspchicagolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/70871739603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaandtiarasottawa.com/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/24732782648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e532f81ea28b3992789f65f0faf33d4c/45864165853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/59797812294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f224d73f6e---kovokujom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digemnd.com/UserFiles/file/kupipisafupagokamez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2a015de07e---zalajojowixudud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=animal+puppet+showPDF 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_off0000eb21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB21 16816 bytes
SHA-256: d6a3233f7a5febadeca93c4f7b23630f8ddd3949dfc9b84f8faf15d6007fcc84
font_01_sfnt_off00011718.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11718 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 0c7fb19acbcc84bb317a2d87291d281f7e007b034b91f67c2f2c6e1e8a139f4a
font_02_sfnt_off00012f24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1