Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7fd8d6330d881f85…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-06-11 17:14:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1562146a5cf47af9bb8c55960a51c173 SHA-1: e02b61947d22fcec7a742aaa67bab3c2b9a772e5 SHA-256: 7fd8d6330d881f855b3287070ebfb0e0a7dd827b553f9aa953af19ff0ab00042
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely for distributing malware or phishing content. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this malicious intent. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=talking+tom+2+old+version PDF link annotation
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08a03cf02ad64083e038bed14c753b03/jotufela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v4mjmuq9gieihob2qvdncdm778/pixerabusumuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0f2e2acd0---98918551036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h86cb1pkqcqpjlbm53v2h5ume5/xaluwotejopuworozon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c131705d6e55b483877ff1ede78d3d8f/18555159871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54c067c3b7c7cac56450951d8a553b9c/duzegejobera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m8pf6r28sal87qpsul0646tp8s/kazizuxijavawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eed771c104---mosereniziraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nkudmh2l9ja6uo4bhnjiufe0q2/nubafutewusodadawuruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mj46oifncj3ng628b8ne3m1nk8/sikixenunarufusan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99850b8ec60354466b3f436305c5b2de/gupowibep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d6b3qkmhmlp0uavpretdhkmod/20185260041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607376aacf3a4---13030022060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file/%5C/lerejufunuwagiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/xajokofujevewuwepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yesilderecine.com/admin/editor_resim/file/kugugakunite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h1sce203capmo5a7g090dpl807/papidoxumegogoxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e6f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6F0 5352 bytes
SHA-256: c4216dd39141527a4df862231b2cccedce787ef54704efca37f883f0d9b5b028
font_01_sfnt_off0000f918.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF918 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 1565d001350952d27d95565917971f4bdd2cd6ad19c4c95046ed356ab8114a44