Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7bc3dc83830b8a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 00:29:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a6ae31040f4d6fb2b657e8260da99ed8 SHA-1: 5b23a91a48b8e0ab763dd49c73e7abdee93a42d1 SHA-256: a7bc3dc83830b8a42b7f8ebbe47bc9a350bca3aba8734d6ae064c4e41b55c262
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is weaponized to host and distribute links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cause+of+sudden+nose+bleeding+in+child PDF link annotation
    • https://akita-inu.lv/www/files/files/vovoxanuvuvojogufuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b57094a939---13610681335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c93aa88e44---jobipuwemoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8a398617a530d8b1fda75976c32ade7/juxixalobuwudabitemok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/op9oojik8tq15541fds006r2sg/55590552030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090a93a2c5c5---73346551068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eg3g8o399fbtgcjiaf5n2fu5j1/bozidatelazejasugig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0519b4e92d46fff829cc825a40e5c85/lakiful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resetimpianti.it/reset/public/file/54055472267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609508b2d4388---lalawogukofajugotin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850c415fc84---zefudopenikimaxibidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://japan-railpass.info/images/blog//file/mesizaloropafonulunibaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moto-trend.cz/public/files/fck/file/20387172718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytbozhuo.com/upload/file/250047279789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itchanoi.vn/uploads/news_file/94518612780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0f945967d1142f2c92e653daf43d417/dagaxedakiwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f54ddc28cd---kizijivelovasil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ib1e2ceqm9d6es8lkl9n2nvni/kalunew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32a4ad4e547e12b2e9e5d50ad7fb46fa/fesunutab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7lp3s0eu35rk84r605gio01p1o/bavuzimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab5b91606e3---76834196167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/71162376386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianphoiduyloimodel.com/Images_upload/files/79356061579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74360949a8d880751e5d5077715474da/dupovalokufej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/kofadarejogiwizizov.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_off00011594.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11594 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012dab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DAB 10828 bytes
SHA-256: d2c87fdaeed8ffb3c101155575a6699072cd7897ddf61a1d8a6aad005b10c867
font_02_sfnt_off00014651.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14651 18352 bytes
SHA-256: dbc0c15c1f5acb3defcf8f76101da51b8e47fa87eb33f1feb082bf18a02d217c