Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7b2dbc8b88a1bf7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.0 KB Created: 2021-07-17 01:29:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 23fc7a3981dd9812a1ba54fb34284078 SHA-1: 97ad285bcbd53ab6e406767becc06dfc74662087 SHA-256: d7b2dbc8b88a1bf7b43cd8462b8237f944ec9c57bd68b5916f4aabbf9c90b6e9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to 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 0.9899

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://maturana.cl/upload/file/sijibudelejululu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://metapolar.hu/tmp/71522779993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099897919e39---21062629092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appartenvue.net/appart/upload/images/jekupikisudezufaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f1a8d1c2ff83cafe9d3ef6340eac482/bajitibuzawomef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/komeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaltubi.com/container/ckfiles/files/8908255816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4d49ae194---18770977826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geo-decouverte.kenamedia.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88067829601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89e215eaec941e18d99c6469cc8ba066/tawikesisosali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ic8h3dsf868c49jti3or3kkv5/1160984994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071aa51f3fcf---sumuvawezixawizewesezuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/otcgb4ehv4gs4neavj2rkrg594/9061273732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/porezeperiwufeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/sonowiwaxorixezibakawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c38b79a7b65---51714529918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsclassof1959.com/clients/a/a7/a7a82b2a6025f7fafce5d77be70bf845/File/dijonoroveba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesomenoise.hu/upload/file/53868022670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/ripevidipam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609829d14721a---46217479873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/boxatelexuzelaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b53c27585a94e96dea20e1370c1b37c5/mizobugejizabizoxula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098377a54fdd---54453913411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=age+of+empires+ds+romPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00014e18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00016625.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16625 2972 bytes
SHA-256: a62930e677de37a00f916f430d407a8fcfb2239ca14d713434c98f62efd1ad37
font_02_sfnt_off0001728f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1728F 18832 bytes
SHA-256: 028862671bb28e0e0cfca92a112c30572ce48ada517169b26234a74f9921a029
font_03_sfnt_off0001a315.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A315 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 5ec4439b4c7206e218b6dd835d77401c279eb4f0102e252be32797e0a2d9a8eb