Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f69eae451c76632…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.0 KB Created: 2021-07-14 09:02:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c3f7bf21526776db159d60b551c63617 SHA-1: c33d5f86123ca27437f154bfeeea6dda65795d16 SHA-256: 7f69eae451c7663209fc7a1a8305d8e7d0a7a8b2088f2155e6eeec27c0194eda
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The file's structure as a link farm on disposable hosting further supports its role in a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mrjitsd7gbemgmljsavo4jbn76/zeziko.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rguvdbfnbp2q2fl1h1ln94o340/59743236997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dc5a506e8876469b76b2f6c89fb60c9/vodomipolosuxifideg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a34baf20b31---jojoragimofofeletil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81b8ef830b193e084fb4d383d54eb3ba/pupava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alapan.org/fckimages/file/bukigis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///91595779144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087364754b1d---xizetajozopaxide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bea26c00e6e---91503061210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n96of0ai14fbg5j42e1na74nuh/minobaxoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4875a7d5268217baf02c83f4f95b345b/85655549031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/248075e17676ad19c4083f9c0d7e8674/robuzutolivekem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e85edc83e0a1c3c0e4136416a3a5870d/limoxumadifevederenetoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160826f1b112d5---59319735942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deshpanday.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zunimipajumokemazuwexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed6aaf21a6c---57386671730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13a08cd20cbacda27938d291b88d8f2b/71222460234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ka807v2ffovdsqk1h8j7r5ka8k/69340860633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7399b1e021---tifof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b6313e8452---lidojudekixivit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/joxofibifijegopukag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb6497238e0---2540482534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=not+so+berry+challenge+sims+4PDF 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_off00010fdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FDD 19120 bytes
SHA-256: 358feb15ff354903f934d248a60261de0b87f847eb4d39beab6192841bcf9d66
font_01_sfnt_off00014143.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14143 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 7ebcfe4194c5a22a2be74955c3fe586bb5ed5278d7d81bcb042acf960ec1faa2
font_02_sfnt_off00015ab4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15AB4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1