Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7fdf04cc5f2ddda8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 02:24:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 529e6cd30913d1dfb818dbba806291c1 SHA-1: 9d4bbba7f45ee59fa4fa41632db52e61ff2c8ff7 SHA-256: 7fdf04cc5f2ddda8447027fc920b6be7234d01296dd10d2408425eced55b0ac5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports this. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a malicious PDF designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c630ab31ae88507b8f06c3760d33e182/38740744831.pdf
    • http://hb1004.com/userData/board/file/75321408955.pdf
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609643c90703a---firux.pdf
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dc1a6268f5f5a693dbf855ef448126e/masuz.pdf
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4k027bo4l8a3korltl1ieofroj/femenomozumumex.pdf
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba3f1a2101---44306804263.pdf
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd6f6d6cc11---26225002064.pdf
    • http://pathtojanna.com/userfiles/files/sijanuvumapuvidame.pdf
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o4epknnvr01hh2qis3p6f1ldq4/94652821703.pdf
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61fec312e0---gedokarepuxuzawabi.pdf
    • http://szentimresiklos.hu/upload/file/92236282274.pdf
    • https://bruceautoservice.com/files/file/82376671207.pdf
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a31ea10dbf---zorokis.pdf
    • http://kokocurry.gm/userfiles/file/nolukuxo.pdf
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2trj7slfarc6b9nob0u4io877c/xipufuboxozitiziled.pdf
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608269e15a603---dulemetojemixugegi.pdf
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63a50fdd8af314399c286c10561fb4be/lugitiwo.pdf
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dda513100a---mimimowe.pdf
    • http://ssteelelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xizuzebozuzozelalozoko.pdf
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06d71c4bca371da67b2f7f0272464ba1/zenibakuravesef.pdf
    • http://inwallendorf.de/userfiles/file/19377746256.pdf
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9d32f3713fd02c3a06ea649a22ee049/23198736617.pdf
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71c27cc3568aa1dcc9985b3ff96abb09/81071442000.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=observable+elements+of+culture
    • 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_off0000ed7d.bin
c6149b0a8f7b7ead052c4ed71bc7c02a059a9d0ee90f30049090633587371e20
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED7D 16904 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011907.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11907 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001311e.bin
7cd334604ee380141ba2d5ed80ebf27d9f901db85cb54c4a436d85f16b9b8b9a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1311E 10736 bytes