Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7fe9cebf173b3edb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:19:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 96c0d04fd6e0022ee758038c0c5e8fc2 SHA-1: d26c47b9848a52237712fbc7f8cc2334d11fe353 SHA-256: 7fe9cebf173b3edb6a9c0058d1352d6d4e78c28b04dacd844397a73776869ea6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports the malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=autocad+tutorial+pdf+free+download+2018 PDF link annotation
    • https://upchealth.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33c7adc5f88ce73d5537530b5fc741c6/13803167598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocastigli.eu/userfiles/files/manun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///nudapazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dancleland.com/img/upload/file/vebej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carbonelite.ru/file/potafazig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epodhajska.eu/UserFiles/File/54112873158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotocaroli.it/userfiles/files/47829806647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenshinorchids.com/FCKeditor_upload/file/gevaxutagik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/16246818647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anabakorea.jp/userfiles/file/88958167740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5f2d3c4966---lonoluzejunub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-i-f.ru/userfiles/file/nujubideneseziliwured.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/nowasuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svsteinfurth.de/radsportfiles/file/suxobumitemuripaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oikoscoccatoarchitettura.com/userfiles/files/fomubinoxuxejetutob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6c7933a56c---33584026148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precedent.by/_newsite/images_from_html_editor/file/lefalud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.premiumimport.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rezozewanur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldapin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/17253500595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whsclass1968.com/clients/f/f8/f849445bb2fb8f42e7c863050dc1ba38/File/49538140139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfbadalona.net/ckdata/files/49838606686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvuhieuchuan.com/upload/files/82771395870.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_off0000d28d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD28D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eaa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAA4 11112 bytes
SHA-256: eda7c4b6ecc52d18c64449a2e0257430938cce579648f30b1822e5f7715c7945
font_02_sfnt_off000104d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104D0 17428 bytes
SHA-256: 8b37a1357124aa30607f3c74cb7d890dc90be64c24737659b0b5179991b8e563