Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7facd873fe00ab62…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 00:01:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0f3eeb22de0aee0a6353c56cface0a17 SHA-1: a46bb8b6fde5069925df1e8e983ef7c247f12773 SHA-256: 7facd873fe00ab62f2524898f11afa1df262d1b032107e9c707dce32c1381ae9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, with a high-confidence heuristic identifying a link to compromised CMS upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior suggest an attempt to exploit users through deceptive links, aligning with spearphishing tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://zgic.ru/!upload/files/lagux.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kiuruvedenlukio.fi/tiedostot/file/98970741845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nenmongdangquang.com/upload/files/60451758789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ez4parcel.net/upfile/files/2021/09/17/noralid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d-innovation.com/upload/files/kazoxifaxuxesade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daming-school.com/userfiles/file/34547339454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soc-in.com/data/media/files/31574688568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mollis.rs/files/55342579504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marcvandewiele.com/userfiles/file/pamapuxodatofabuvoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimuselearningschool.aels.edu/learning/site/images/uploadfiles/toravuzojuvalozemufuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/lufidewero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulga.ru/editor/files/mujuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changwontour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210901_1355A3F3E6ABFEB7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floresdeserrezuela.com/aym_image/files/94876961776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldpension-luebben.de/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/burujada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150003.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210905232139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bead8357907634069733611ef2fd10fb/15872982670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oykufestivali.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64863685231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huabulaw.com/uploadpic/2021-9/file/2021091519012773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shian-jin.com/UserFiles/files/nodiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio70.eu/userfiles/files/xikutavawibeker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autohondl.cz/userfiles/file/derubuxanodetodinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161426cf8beee9---robuvegujulepuzog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3pfi3cpu4pjplkbb834qob0ti0/35543467146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=idm+638+build+18+crackPDF 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_off0000d5de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5DE 17152 bytes
SHA-256: 92beff919530962f3f27f83fbb6778b9683ad5051f5b66849f2a2529b169357f
font_01_sfnt_off000101d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101D4 16764 bytes
SHA-256: f799ce6b6926834ccb048749648beea9289aa7912a750f8d80e19633eee7631e
font_02_sfnt_off00012ce6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CE6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1