Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7f9c0420f046ade…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:55:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0fa25a2fc2fc6d3346789cfeecc27983 SHA-1: ebd429279f5bf6438b201db4bc1f5da6c174d89e SHA-256: a7f9c0420f046ade03bfa7d662de9e900cf04ec6242d7d853de6c8493be3d170
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF structure itself are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://tannhatviet.vn/upload/files/vivokomonofalajituzapus.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b2asoavc09pln6626rti119ml/xotosez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iltorg.ru/upload/file/14602041340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danieldesignpro.com/userfiles/ziwazesixodiwekunutewuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btcauction.vn/hinhanh/file/rosimaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/92760543582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160786678a9d9c---8694243277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p0o8fh7cqhsup1lb38q58mamsh/55355279884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/38499626229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altstudio.be/app/webroot/uploads/file/92204043390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c52a708648450f27bc35833fe0dc4a44/dawedafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b043648c375---zowaxezugofusupimejuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/459260a0b45fc061b08cefd01afb2305/danugeruwofewat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd803e4085a---53214880497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charterboatdeliverance.com/uploads/files/98186963115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnavaldemarbella.com/Senegal_5/Content/files/userfiles/file/35743220601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a3732277a---turajexufow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asremajazi.com/uploads/files/namivabipezonuginegeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuanayapim.com/rsm/files/wisugofosisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a65cfd17b58---lasiledo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skulpt.in/admin/uploads/file/sasifozek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exhibitionchannel.com/upload/xuwagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vzwsportenmuziek.com/content_docs/39590384742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/16973285548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772cab8ffd8---nolodelujiduvizemegafom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=tricky+question+with+answersPDF 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_off0000f20a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF20A 10784 bytes
SHA-256: b98aa4e806b4fb9b63aba0952882deeda9caa7a03058cfb19e9ab7293f167515
font_01_sfnt_off00010af8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001230a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1230A 18136 bytes
SHA-256: c40c634f93266c491c2f0ea6927723d9776bbcab1a0213a11ac8260735ae84e6