Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7c0428ce5706b56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-14 07:51:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2f67e08ad924b07c655a375f1ded7756 SHA-1: 4af20618da2150b7d7ff41ade8dcc6ca01fb897e SHA-256: a7c0428ce5706b5639ab22c374d5b1202b9658f61795f3da37000e682a0956a0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely to distribute further malware or redirect to phishing pages. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a malicious intent to lure users through deceptive links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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 http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/vufugidanokowusipixojenov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gsmontaggi.it/userfiles/files/vojewewoxasaxasizifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb460d99115---45227067447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosimonepantaleo.it/userfiles/files/gedib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mokhalasati.com/userfiles/files/76701836888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9e0b1547c0---1572541927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cordovajewelry.com/images/file/lavebujesorozebesuwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/74037409557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce9d868313---79844186484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o74b3egteg6oq7kahiea1j8a0n/55808029495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dijladentalcenter-qa.com/userfiles/file/26957308744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/tuxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ec2ed0c20---vakodaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyjclinic.com/ckupload/files/81412036705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midlandhigh65.com/clients/6/68/682e31fde28f8c6bff7ebba57332ef5f/File/derezilirifarapokira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bceff65237---27315596107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e27bdec5a---mojibalogijoxoxupigox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/61418407479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924d6160a58---siputigixukusutedilipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austral-immo.com/userfiles/files/netisijapomarusireroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9dbafc19f1---sapafapidoxodame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ofipapel.org//ckfinder/userfiles/files/90364506435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oefgq0f19tnkk32gf5pfb0pfv1/10178197451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f46a5052a---vuxiwigamibuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=night+sweats+after+c+sectionPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000da92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA92 10632 bytes
SHA-256: e8e2f4be44455e713d738aec4db8da8280a9e1e73cabb45a6ab6b0144ef71ea0
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2EE 16312 bytes
SHA-256: 7d15b2d6d265aaca51dda18faee70a1b8fa9d95ed54cb111fb0895789092f9ae
font_02_sfnt_off000108f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108F5 16584 bytes
SHA-256: 320df501da1809e6e2d9297af5ef133ffea7a87fbc673277d89a32f0b35dd11e
font_03_sfnt_off00013416.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13416 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1