Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7f0b667caf0adc1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:19:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4b2a00768f85268aa86d2bd9495a8eba SHA-1: 8119ef0f779f2df7ec961cfe84e8eee8577af737 SHA-256: a7f0b667caf0adc1da715632f5aa05df0b93ebbbe872f61886ad7c888e972abb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with a high risk score. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These sites host further PDF files, suggesting a multi-stage attack likely aimed at phishing or distributing additional malware. The PDF's structure and the nature of the linked content indicate a deliberate attempt to lure users to malicious infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac33c14a257---zipujibogiwuduki.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4f0154463dbc1c9750bde620db21a33/nugumovirekifepagote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriciobanados.cl/upload/file/In PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729a4263d9a---438759969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/gelibazisadapibavusero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9e10eef087---gitexivijelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59657178230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhomeshaiphong.net/app/webroot/img/files/fegapejezonuduna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismoilnoceto.com/userfiles/files/regafuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/81004464817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-polyana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xutabomomidibalino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjsyrj.com/userfiles/file/wonazuzetiravu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e01086128---29162307119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/93280233705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.lu/userfiles/files/81220367459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b372221fbe---wenorezokugokukarolun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiaangkorhomestay.com/userfiles/file/68742444748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/3002061929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/36428127267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulv-fogger.ru/d/files/nitufanuvemuguxafosiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/worefowusap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarentcar.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210731_504E4393141E5142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hs4dv15e3nqu0tjuqjdgvpgu52/13273808290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa87512ce8---kuvigikiwavusomumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/dipebapipigufaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irths.com/upload_files/files/90254758013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d80511a58c7cf25608f5504c83928c3/33586918925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ei-windykacja.pl/upload/file/wupafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=discovering+trig+ratios+activity+pdfPDF 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_off0000b732.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB732 14956 bytes
SHA-256: 2112b42c6dc589f1737a256c9c7bc2c326af6202654aad336a1cb8bdb3cdef33
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC74 10932 bytes
SHA-256: d125943935ec7b86441d386c46b447af96c50b48a9301ea8957c10c625f00f60
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1