Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f85678913db8d0a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

63.8 KB Created: 2021-05-04 10:55:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 060e2d4599af920fbc4f1df5939656d3 SHA-1: 72b1a7573d8b60e16670f5f24777780b6ad37675 SHA-256: 7f85678913db8d0a87782ec99cf95a5e8051dd9937a87823f3547192ab03430b
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of techniques used to host malicious redirects.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9514

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad3a4ad265d58f18eaf302b7571dbc11/zetini.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nd3vvvhm614jga250patj5teq0/turewesuvuziwewuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160895de0455e9---11497272708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4ef6623e3---67211784472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u4pkqt8jl5iu9ktkop6mudbf85/fisuviromala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%252Ffile/32820834781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd5a4e6f8a---17974164769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071705e2f088---42840304146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dpp9mlevrt2tok3mkqns4gujr6/90245380825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085af3068504---kusufapokusuniroxajanawas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e283509598f2f7619c7e4bd75bee3ad1/xubujubapopagawijomal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l851ec7vb2695pg5g6q8sqrqs1/11185095551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b8b675df29caaf4b898b6ae1952264b/loronosigeritawenawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/op6obkqbp065iv1e8lbgub3fr5/laruvogagisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607149b216032---27342619387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d189ced496---57977982082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=video+beelzebub+mp4+sub+indoPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d325.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD325 4272 bytes
SHA-256: 119002ecf1542e719f2988c8800c00986291cc6bb7ee65959accbc7b4d089c9e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e207.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE207 4844 bytes
SHA-256: fca3b5e7f5110f63580928ad8b53240185e2aad819c5e363286a07cdf1dfcf3c