Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7fdc18943821cebe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:46:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 26aea877fea87f4f1cbe1fafb74aa5cd SHA-1: b294d6463be09588a0b277145c8132ab49ef1755 SHA-256: 7fdc18943821cebe951ade476028dcf957caecc33983e14bcbeb6df94a0c01a5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The document's structure as a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=2017+toyota+camry+xle+owners+manual
    • https://radekslodkiewicz.pl/files/file/54626587986.pdf
    • https://leosservices.com/userfiles/file/71173669752.pdf
    • http://ilkyoukais.com/Images/Media/files/jusirivison.pdf
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/tolenumorufe.pdf
    • https://iguanapools.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/973nv132fasr9dvrfdsa1svvpl/razopekunitoteduz.pdf
    • https://chaletsuenodesol.de/files/38916315200.pdf
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd5d2c95b7---banobozuv.pdf
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3abec05067---rivaludibodemejitonizap.pdf
    • http://bradleyhillsapartments.com/demo/uploads/contents/file/lorisurefutaxal.pdf
    • http://elitakhealing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/joxinuzujiworumada.pdf
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aba84f51d5e---12566679065.pdf
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160910177e7c83---60768127003.pdf
    • https://debcopharma.com/userfiles/file/rukul.pdf
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ef98f3516ad4520989c3cc808a31dbe/lixuxubadusorolujor.pdf
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/73751579932.pdf
    • http://hanbangrd.com/userfiles/file/20210819131301_526446917.pdf
    • http://masseydogs.com/clients/f/fc/fc2e217ffa4851e49ca3cd921a15cf41/File/41367599688.pdf
    • https://indoshaolinkungfusociety.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/neredesu.pdf
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608828b855729---96193490963.pdf
    • http://assistance.uz/images/shared/file/69881391911.pdf
    • http://clerus.hu/files/file/19845267388.pdf
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7ef3912c59---tefozi.pdf
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/47116973491.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb25c5a375f---wagibilakugefutivaminutir.pdf
    • http://straps.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68314517806.pdf
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/20216151953468150.pdf
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2811a92bd4---80116436723.pdf
    • http://tomekorea.com/userData/board/file/36682472717.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ec5f.bin
03717214f45c61c82caebb1b286e9fdf0ddceb9f31b3f938479e5a69ee4909a9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC5F 18508 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011d76.bin
86641282130ebbf8702c996da14610a7942434b67d27739ee000e993076a72c1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D76 10948 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013723.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13723 16792 bytes