Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7fd13275feb9a886…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 10:18:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 7ae79a5b6095d243edcc708a15752601 SHA-1: 1756dcb0363ee073185b5f7c6d8f90b55b3951a6 SHA-256: 7fd13275feb9a8864708482231723ae1c743f72dcb62a48e7a18a392a86638b8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of external links and the nature of the hosting suggest potential for further malicious activity, such as downloading a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b058c6baf---jagiziwesanok.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fs4kopn8jr83ktpb2fnb5sacmp/4447181586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa31ff075bf---nidijopojiwekidubanuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salubrismd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a899cbc7a43ee1764f2d8713184f5a7b/jasifuluwitajonuwunuduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a97b17e6c63---54308983836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terryhaas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c1f4d17c59c32dcfadff8a75b2e5894/bezasiwefabuzukevonax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724cf0809c8---61142017526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b08ee8ed25---sapefut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teerosy.com/ipp/images/uploads/files/66427639835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809afda82a3---99713019373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be8aa4b6aba---dagivapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelworld.ro/userfiles/file/52894678573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a68363568df---99373994717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://women-for-marriage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93761914650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/tokopizufolenogepakexatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stayatrosetta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ibkjvtccjec2vudr0fdpr4igcj/wiremupawow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agatanorek.com/files/file/tofopefuwoxajapateguto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7debbab17a96e3c284b14f225ca551f0/lunimimojalotow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d5f5318c6---pifaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb399ac1988f7ee338cba9822dafe834/satumotapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0535.com/userfiles/file/20210622215734_1r27go.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd7e40cbd33400aa02747fd8fc2b0f83/bemadoxunogorod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hq68k5d10mmtetc5lo30agf41g/pukadij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuswapladystriders.ca/userfiles/file/16887924728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=standard+to+graphing+form+calculatorPDF 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_off0000ec23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC23 17404 bytes
SHA-256: 08824370e2bad0f5a13542008635714b40c97f8add945d5711ccd1b67a15c841
font_01_sfnt_off000119d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119D9 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 4299ee1372d28cf32743d555e32e1c10a25e14e53d09eace88d70db072c41ef5
font_02_sfnt_off000132cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1