Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ffc872e8378c158…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:38:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 97d2337aebf5321bed671508363f39cf SHA-1: 588a37691ab62216a8270d76afb9b0daadc8cf17 SHA-256: 7ffc872e8378c158017b3579b40d7a374be11460c89b2d8970de5c2a8fe75c11
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The embedded URLs suggest a potential lure for phishing or malware downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=visual+basic+2008+tutorial+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://netiko.ge/img/Data/file/58317758581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf01968c671---jaromadasumisuzev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fa9e690d1f635b8556d44bdf3261593/39137988725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thicongdiennuocmiennam.com/uploads/files/46967664395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joesservicecenternj.com/userfiles/files/nobazeruwalug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://93564497.com/userfiles/dofijifirijuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://popmetre.com/news/files/16524540838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senhewood.com/d/files/pesageb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cee09d5c8d8bd4737642ef93349c817/63443818527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timavoshipsupply.it/userfiles/file/dexeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tjuuhref7hthp63jloip9paatk/wusefadev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db6ede9df9e---bezivewoxuvowutizodera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/favinumunekijukawikelajod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunrui-ti.com/d/files/24678934616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-uchebnici.com/img/file/41646962595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m2mus.pro/clients/b/b1/b1ca46fdb12d68e762e4a8b3318caec0/File/41950424592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincitydata.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/34930063040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceleevideos.org/images/file/simofujasalabojekeveji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0814dee1b831b924fdfea8635109b9b/moluko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9dae4c169n13h70u8heeuiui0/nibaborolifulaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160904fb4c0607---93278615063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laskod.hu/userfiles/file/61081536546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/userfiles/file/49901188139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olmitek.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttv67u5ca1d22t786dq8b6bsi1/dalanumifubedew.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_off0000ebd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBD8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000103ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103EA 18736 bytes
SHA-256: 9b14015ce65fcb183a357fc67098785bb2bc6d78f89379ca965532abdc0b06af
font_02_sfnt_off0001347d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1347D 11036 bytes
SHA-256: a9b8c8afd1efe3daf2e6fc3ff99f959bd69ee9557410113b56ac95bb5db02383