Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f8737853bec62d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-07-08 02:24:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1d29fc530d4556f9f1949837a8d09b50 SHA-1: ba5e5e00e241fd109d7ee02c2704e1fd602ddc11 SHA-256: 7f8737853bec62d4d36b870527b0e8de9086d8532f74578ca3f283822d61d2fc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary function appears to be acting as a link farm to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/70657312367.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef5213c687---56620413696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raptiherbal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/botezifubiwuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kashima.cc/userfiles/file/99597553059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b876dbeaf6cdf11a4fadd7171cbf6e8c/20682177950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estoniapools.com/contents//files/89885527760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf04f59ad4---mirizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderbestwings.com/uploads/files/99875281732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9680553a80d73550f508b1e06a177ca3/boferasegabulixuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68b6ea73a91f1af91c2303220dfdab36/nikumidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ec53459a9---vabavewuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/sezusojadufakuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://01host.ru/userfiles/files/13007473954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gtpt4ce0ls90h4qk5fmt3hbda7/4333416784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9f9ce83b6dc1d206d159c7a161b198a/sojivewujotov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/608034d57bc31060be1961eccd036eb0/16112107924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cengilli.com/icerik_images/file/xefisujebes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/zisize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bdf986163---sunuzibole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gabrielamaciel.net/images/content/file/pedagifuwomozaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d0f3485af8db4484659529a9594367c/47886397119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b80d65c655b---bixevel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/681cf96f571cdb6fca9990d16f7c4727/togokerilivoxojubezug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/414967964bd5a381e3e9f1b3b8f28b65/2717697338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=absolute+value+inequalities+pptPDF 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_off0000d25a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD25A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA71 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 03d0e4880259ea794edced7eef9e3eb47d5a5b7366713168f726f28ba93367ce
font_02_sfnt_off00010288.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10288 17300 bytes
SHA-256: 3d6a68b575d911f1c763258d4be6758a844609d55d66cf658c17508684378b65