Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7df2e8733341200…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-08-03 04:32:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 58f7f732d2df9bae1ff8360492d978e5 SHA-1: a92f4bd3cb7efed655c31c3401c6b9342d5cc4b5 SHA-256: a7df2e8733341200c5b801ee9da55addd61a1e3bf45f17377038be574a8d7f9d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://keletunderground.hu/images/uploaded_pics/file/xowara.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wolfroccatiassociati.it/userfiles/files/96006634063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dbeb82ca24---mivaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/bumuzubupewalakevorasovef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moffatcountyhighschool65.com/clients/878592/File/40993012392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wf515345.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/borewipuzikinumobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cka-shiba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vovusejosewokakifelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2d340d64f7063a2c615ffdd8d63f2bb/57404603152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanleyresources.com/images/kojevevevarudeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e38cfaa9e3d2b10a6389751bf8920a9/74128933094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/48490155472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coming-c.com/userfiles/file/tijebotogalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmsz.com/upfolder/e/files/20210619215255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a0d4385b852d821a7ad9f010ec0c764/zaliwixokenifomijoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cke.hk/userfiles/52790752043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sethhukumchandschool.com/userfiles/file/giwetekex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kymenhome-etsinta.net/tiedostot/files/49484275199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/turmtsf1qr71fn2u12b9iqlnr2/dajitoxubanomupunudef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a94a5bbbcaa---32629549141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0nclh0afjamt4p5mjgbla8brcg/ziludane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/dolodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jogforbigt.com/clients/6/61/61f7a61d17da296148a50ccd59c4a139/File/saxelefumegunoreluxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+light+platinum+nds+rom+downloadPDF 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_off0000efe0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFE0 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 7534303508ad458e7d0223029c6e26296087cba6f5d82611773d2c30dfcb6a00
font_01_sfnt_off00010979.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10979 17464 bytes
SHA-256: fe7908e87a2669517234ca4cc74d5e2fa8fc61338c849c8f84be11e07671e5ef
font_02_sfnt_off0001372a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1372A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1