Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f73190c9fe86324…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-07-23 00:34:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 6050037ec7f4ef82f32a776ede50f0e3 SHA-1: f52ff18a40f2cd1fbe97617322ec758ca082530d SHA-256: 7f73190c9fe86324e40856fa5c4facb72a003993cefbe166dddf3c40108cae49
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bed4059061---8197582434.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rchs1964.com/clients/5/58/580abc73d3aac4ea3a2bdd7c75327783/File/zetesugodonarudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607381aad1052---9508570536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092dd869fd2a---86444839551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43d558beb5aa1dc069ce4ce7f08cf950/koxejoroja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/mozevebepesitiluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb3d301b4d---39466624362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847d5d5577a---wogazuxabozid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b901875dc17---kegadagim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5d5ea2fae---bodatusujetolemokexaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sequirk.ie/userfiles/file/30221641191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.com/contents//files/kutalunoxinizazodevisefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/62573433646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c82a2b2965---96302621097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/85156421601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budaikepkeret.hu/uploads/file/zidilejakabusozavimafaxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b158d5a44---nelasuxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55845b8f17067df61de18238e1ef569f/gekonuvoluvefazun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srldirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pedejibivotef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097a72c5ce37---bijenurusidumemaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076294c24bb4---23299713723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6014eba306---63622162315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ebf9d852f2---dofabikimakazidozowazoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v09gg0tt5ij1c28g60ibkj55fn/66042003719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tofuyatogo.com/uploads/files/wovow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c2693e143acd78fb33dad7021ba74b4/72370164621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etcad.net/np/upfile/file/gowewavavuxumorit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=cheap+chicago+the+band+ticketsPDF 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_off000100a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100A3 17696 bytes
SHA-256: 80e2f9685c6bb5dcf706975028bb4d19198ecb02e4ae9efbf20ac04c336eb10a
font_01_sfnt_off00012f59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F59 10908 bytes
SHA-256: b5070bc991797af097ff5fdb1e443fc979fcb480b96f474f6439af8ec5ae81b7
font_02_sfnt_off0001482e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1482E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1