Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f4c4047a7d7904d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 13:02:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d6a5748cc5684523e94d22247224ddd5 SHA-1: ef41a8201f240aaff243f1b01d5678287d664212 SHA-256: 7f4c4047a7d7904d3dfbc2618ea93da110596c6e24d74eed56b8eb3347760901
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. Heuristics identified it as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF format and the nature of the URLs suggest potential exploitation of embedded content or redirection mechanisms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/293952f6b521d13ddb85113e999a3e6a/78169615490.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a83e9bbad5---tufawaligorixonejote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabobuszrendeles.hu/files/files/53344200692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ancvp29gqa54fucli5cfsd90a/19069393259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mizuho-co.net/file/ck/files/5261110771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fee9f15d7fe9fd4c7f07935f2c310a17/zumiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c275bd3915d---77272988933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095c6ff23e1e---72003068253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ggljggpam7kfq62kaj5deaoufq/1154207672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a24a1662e5---zuwogosofobuvamewudezaxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607941ea5eb21---65973766347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48955da4f4---bagefabijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metapolar.hu/tmp/98949219690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/92961765622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ec76b96242---59250486432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/kosetudasogem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.com/userfiles/file/jupinekejutugofowugefiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fi60f61db76q0fcsbk4468se16/marowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160787f9598718---pufusebok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/3998661965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fontanarosaserigrafia.it/userfiles/file/reroditowovapalobubof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/rureweli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4d2429605---97627482969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/52473956105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=gabriel+garcia+marquez+the+very+old+man+with+enormous+wingsPDF 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_off0000f1e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109F9 11568 bytes
SHA-256: 0aad1d1d8258649889e46a6d934a7e4c454cb405864701cdd35886656c76a580
font_02_sfnt_off000124dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124DD 17300 bytes
SHA-256: 8e5f75d90005aa0daba20ad54601f84741bf95dc3fe4c3099e06bb6421744f9d