Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7faf52c2190eee85…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-08-17 20:52:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: d0c727743a7f8ca3bc18fac41858f09f SHA-1: 297edf72bec37ea39ab106a87ed8ef337d2fe892 SHA-256: 7faf52c2190eee85c5b25dd5391087b7f38c4e280c18914689e0202769f02f63
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. This pattern suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=matriz+inversa+3x3+ejercicios+resueltos+paso+a+paso PDF link annotation
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b1a98a92d---risowevosotavol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6p6clp9rb6sts6mljeplu03h67/43670085083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae9dc0c368b85f614b04cbb6a29aa34a/xosamewomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamacros.com/upload/file/xajawejamurawegipike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/potixogijeduxekiwuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c32168a058---sejowikadubijoboxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b40t98qsh0ucseiinu6j3f9eqi/laputokivopexajegegeleri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dean-cpa.com/files/adminpic/file/35311773758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/watere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5655d20713---giril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8037f66bfcbe2820f221a173444827e5/99086867127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verdantnorwich.com/clients/3/30/306756bb587dffcd11ca74610d845a16/File/96576145584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boucherienabli.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/rimuzojafugevinar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081425ac65bf---kifupomemufafukerupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b74b55dc457---58099576187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camel-republic.com/media/userfiles/files/ginasopofupug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f72b829881---rizokuvaxibaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823827d024b---52752982284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737642707b1---gadiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6c1452bd45---15194640860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/garovavazut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/unlfdqnk5uhcsbe47freug1ku1/68177052217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dda9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDA9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5C0 10992 bytes
SHA-256: b30549b429865df0a4d029a06ff64e6c14bf6f97e7dd106a0e6ef4417d0befd9
font_02_sfnt_off00010f79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F79 1732 bytes
SHA-256: 5b3c947262022625ef2d4cfb2d0fa10a94f23c97611fd4c7364bfcc62a76ce6a
font_03_sfnt_off000117a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117A9 18676 bytes
SHA-256: 4275636d3e78889d0b09b6043a72f40e26a281143cf9e96411d9f3d1858dfb0a