Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7674bb352811b85…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-08-07 03:46:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 9954e091a638a5a2d296657c9a1af1d3 SHA-1: 5df26f782d8c6f9e25f48d27cf4ebd19015e7358 SHA-256: a7674bb352811b85717a563b81de32c0dc01e6e13abff4e422e6a4b3046a0d8a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/witaxis.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ul2h6q5suaqle0jguhr3gouoes/mowekuvofimiwajon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megalabsrl.it/userfiles/files/ledapokuvakewoxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burchiellati.com/file_fck/file/xavosir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cementfeet.com/userfiles/file/28657308544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albertopizzetti.it/userfiles/files/98721777720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotovipvercelli.it/file/diwelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021516352275861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/99793858248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bnblspecialities.com/userfiles/files/53292117597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799ad59179b---wedimelefutazeruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076108f5b73c---86052097852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cec-intl.ru/app/webroot/files/file/lobozujobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607529b919532---20795836458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/84621755737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlukesfp.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17870881218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/23968219429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bs29s302rajvl7kfn8t5f2tuo8/pamazegimawuzevozaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a08e0c6e69877f5fa058e8bb70a2569b/dikejixukokevofed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eck9q3ma8bl95625j26uch9oh2/48494673942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sillajen.com/fckeditor/_upload/file/12859774254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhodnoceni-penez.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/94492829483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b62f6821769---1587917164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/kapato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrodomesticaruano.com/images/ckfinder/files/fifolowujinitulodamap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=reading+comprehension+passages+for+grade+3PDF 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_off0000f222.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF222 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A34 16880 bytes
SHA-256: e90e9eb54bce01c402ed472405e2e870de931da44b1e5f4a469d6466b92cab84
font_02_sfnt_off00013632.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13632 11140 bytes
SHA-256: df53c570071ed43bffa06b4e92d020e0f495f48b25a5d0527472b6c01a2f0207