Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7fd1c044670a634a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-23 00:59:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 6732ffefda0061123533d0a498866c1f SHA-1: 16c577ee9907494c064283c72e4efbaec3772d2c SHA-256: 7fd1c044670a634a0fd4d814d99ca9c4969b3c8feb7c54ba3cda8337e14bd8b3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a link farm hosted on compromised websites, likely intended to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically phishing. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of a download button lure and compromised CMS links points to a phishing attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fb73bc0bb1f9e24d95cb76521f5156b/27888684585.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613666fad0f00---fafovedinulezixowagesej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saigonservices.vn/images/uploads/files/noxinamevatumipepotobita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161309e14a3e6f---pitaxoluxibavupatiburu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sts-cct.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/27765528379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd547345e957d1aed97f8481b90e77c5/pobuzuvebezuwuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prvugkh.ru/uploads/files/59538099301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b67353fc67edcaf44792d2701476a1d/nutekiselakiximaver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3775c41f3b0254ad2895ecb29e096814/20402074120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur3.com/contents/files/rajijaravulobesefedosen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nullemont.fr/nullemont/ckfinder/userfiles/files/turosodujalipaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esangsok.com/upfile/files/regurapejijusoxerira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://processwork.archerhuang.com/ConImg/files/28106609661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsbettingconsultants.net/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95737953128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anneadamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/34762066666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exms.fr/sites/default/files/file/josikujires.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/bildbank/file/tuvojevokutixokuxevidiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangiorgioautoservizi.com/userfiles/files/betakomopapizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drironcat.com/images/file/12711361135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yasacompany.com/upload/files/pitudutexomumiwedojotirib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyenghun.com/new/upload/board/files/dopelamized.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phupmirpol.pl/userfiles/file/40912808138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pallenberg-busreisen.de/uploads/files/13379991589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=camera+scanner+mod+apkPDF link annotation
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/18252126907.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d8ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8AC 17652 bytes
SHA-256: 8564ba79a0e9c13b499ac9a98b0abb271dbd66acb530c07daa92921bcc9856e7
font_01_sfnt_off0001064b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1064B 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 6232b40b6d0957100d3d5bd13ae949d60b6bb13208d9384c3f2c7c3467cf2b1d
font_02_sfnt_off00011e59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1