Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7ef55434ca62e21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-09-24 12:58:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c581cf92784f832d6339106d6670e5e0 SHA-1: 9067f285eb3ee3e33d5ca7fff9a59deb0f0a58d2 SHA-256: b7ef55434ca62e219fd1469df57e3f9ce9504c72a047c208e6c42bf07ae83545
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware delivery vehicle. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The PDF structure itself does not contain readable content, but the heuristics indicate a focus on external URI redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://demo-enriquemora.shopcloud.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6354320921.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hunting.kg/userfiles/file/14947889065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161355e3db8903---19091365564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulmarconsult.com/files/natalakaxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/066bd129b1b1c16aa900f7ef2482bc90/5654534531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radioevangilereal.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/21607974790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flex-link.cn/uploadfiles/files/libuzasazusopixote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catwalkdogcome.com/editor_upload_image/file/tiroposoxawiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibrahimkoc.com/images/Media/files/zirunulexezovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fencefactoryny.com/userfiles/file/kukofoduzuxaduguxotud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/583551f379f252eddab9f9457a7b4970/xasakuxosunojimolotoxofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acsalma.hu/userfiles/files/vamapamujifon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuemeism.com/uploadfiles/files/nolinorotabubezibitivobev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://needletherapy.eu/upload/file/20999287588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e96a59e610---buwofubuwezaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.focitabor.hu/userfiles/file/tuxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zenobiacultura.it/userfiles/file///44370743707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contact-house.com/fckeditor/upload/file/xolewutorikefal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiarsolutions.com/userfiles/file/tebisuviberogok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derp74.fooden.com/UserFiles/files/70933336374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasekurzy.cz/userfiles/file/40631678736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e90e29040a---nenuwaniwijinezenilipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yodobashi-church.com/51883419181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zbmbudomont.pl/userfiles/file/29142725823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmkb.org.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29855424247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=album+app+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000b726.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB726 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF38 19084 bytes
SHA-256: 8f9eb6a4053088ffc2293da3d1c2104c913cb8174aa057962b86bec40e3f68f9
font_02_sfnt_off0001006a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1006A 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 264ea453bdd4580739493d9c91bd4328a38df1812201c972c474fd34ef282c0d