Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a07bd1c4fe5cb6dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-07-15 22:27:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c7f38373bf5b93b24d6d4b0399581d42 SHA-1: d8c8e23d088a9e7c5960813098128f9da15d9024 SHA-256: a07bd1c4fe5cb6dd478b566c7786d3fb9355922e5857f64e1ec6fef7e080bc72
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as containing numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for malicious purposes. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content, likely a phishing or malware distribution site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b375156c84---81673242826.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/getutar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87pp46v3ab28htmcqgc31lu93h/68422072464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jiitbr7oiuhivggda181hdlkii/puwivizilizafetivoferego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c60a5322a---pefuworelozejawoxekososov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9f20718e38---wazud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/3229022013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalton-english.com/userfiles/file/zodaditis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chayka-svg.ru/files/gevedowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fkr4c42alhjust8jm6tb47pkt5/61590270394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac88bee1f69---wifipewapetigimejuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratco-hardware.com/Ups/files/99132021611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de4a730f5f2d028716629d22d413ba6f/zejakelarak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trimblehighalumni.com/clients/84492/File/29319740384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c8290832573c7acabe0c5c5c73cd2f5/82875416167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/muvufodukikudipixavaduna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0a9d9dcc68---64498250163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlight.cz/archiv/file/nibasozodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://probeg2000.ru/files/userfiles/files/rifofimiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089950d833fc---89332577038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/umg3bp8a79r6flq5ai6on7hse7/63648923567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marsalanoleggio.it/userfiles/files/defiwapikefaluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be2277d611a---dipebabuvinisudepoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=russian+rubles+to+audPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d2fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2FC 16212 bytes
SHA-256: 51669628a4961010b08c9f7ffc449779455fbf942c9e92925e75bdbc60d9340c
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC8D 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 60a6f593e5ec061eeb1334d9f1d71031d94f4e3536cd3ad80dd230c393a9a9a3
font_02_sfnt_off0001149e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1149E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1