Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7a3bdefcdb985e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:13:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0c951440d4950360585bfe53d6521ac8 SHA-1: 9f6417e7e55a46d99953393629390fde5dc53815 SHA-256: c7a3bdefcdb985e69a18fa9c596530ef580cf2121c45c5c3343eeb505cf3dade
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a distribution mechanism for malicious content. The presence of a 'download' button lure and ML classification further indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the overall structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 https://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c1e07e5151055e4a992284e2ca44aae/17714632923.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://meetburgerusa.com/uploads/files/tujosepek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b1b5d1abbc---jidakawarowabidiwexanuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kgjeb8059nqtreb33dkbfpugmn/kiritoferebozutaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/xenor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d47f99d0f---kezifotikevimotorotasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d5394650dbfa5235fbfecdd7931a146/rekemiwime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.c-l-r-p.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/491086346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/sotojuliwojumozixotor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6453b011a76f4c25e2e67262d5a35395/30196000713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leise.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93093198728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eot.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/tomegatevediguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f599404c2f8---63733830544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myparrotfood.com/user_files/files/22639864568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf2a4743c46---gofiwamufobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/6646351331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab895c7ab2---didetogas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indirimlipin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/kavupojesibib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharasuwanee.com/sites/default/files/file/vokupivulezafubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro-elec.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ranudex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=uk+family+visitor+visa+application+form+download+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_off000155b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155B1 19176 bytes
SHA-256: 788ffc83a0af6d45a969aa313770c3d4c58560ac7f759ff6de3dfe0bd56142be
font_01_sfnt_off000187ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x187AD 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 2ab49af24157da9c76eabe995520ed9f0b61849e24837c93bf87916d66269c57
font_02_sfnt_off0001a153.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A153 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1