Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f3b75df00fbca21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-07-03 09:46:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 9c4c15dc5c78f439acd9506f704d7b9e SHA-1: 17dc55be21be6b5f8ce4bd3fca322ff56f066344 SHA-256: 7f3b75df00fbca21e036811c0e3f9fb93fd8d9ed83cc903a7f853f80466d3f54
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links to compromised websites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and compromised CMS upload storage further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/25896383156.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.teeintact.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/file/wazunixekenuxesufupijot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/72268529769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a2fe11c73---kibumugemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e71e641813f6b83c60d6826070c474d/4542504385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c746a105a75db58eaa15b9c6bf8aaca0/zenesivojepusifedidur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca8ab02fcf7---24476507402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3sp7runjvm116c60k02e6pt2up/kisalitogofatinepur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/lepifenog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba667a693bb---94379723567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/182248567125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c1d3c42ab---68098505077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3dece1bc9---55374478783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fenotropil.ru/userfiles/file/zigixepemoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da558e613b6---79605160591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857ebf7b979---vubuxevadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/sunaxekolozipijomebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/csoal1g2o9viegoebc2hfiv04u/86770483095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ace3c1a278a1b5688b0c2f0cba40a2d0/22273967921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608770b297dac---95242492169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apinero.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160760e15cc147---kijumujofajotiradawesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vl5p9rotkmsslpc81iompvc3gh/84532320795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegroverestaurantnj.com/userfiles/files/84506646680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+insatiatePDF 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_off0000defb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEFB 18204 bytes
SHA-256: 6d3502787bcfe6d296b0be8ea2a77d91673adfde20144b6495fc6526888c7cf0
font_01_sfnt_off00010e8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E8F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126A6 10236 bytes
SHA-256: d0363b63f782a342346396251f66f749274ffc040fe3706adbae97e08fa4e8be