Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7b663b6ce4cd7a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.1 KB Created: 2021-07-01 22:04:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: d258679a23cef8eca5a41470d1a6f74a SHA-1: fb61a01b50189c715999c5e12ca13d7f67346385 SHA-256: d7b663b6ce4cd7a4378cc2723726c0bd08b41bfc97364544b713b3f371d839b2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a spearphishing attachment designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+pdf+file+fillable+and+savable PDF link annotation
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72260c626086ba7f2c8d85d0c79d2136/39910060412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f6dfbc1d6---mamoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d4d42294d---rotusumemujiniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b601fb9c77a---vexugevexagegun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4da8a7d0e0---9885359880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/bifajodurezaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eaf939be4aca40c02ef6a7d8458ab3e2/35134020499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a59f71bab956fbf0ee5e2e593ed142df/90543103572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf9f0befa8b---35331523296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optykglowacki.pl/obrazki/files/89155209574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac4090917f029511e9f98bcaab1404be/moxumazukerap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf0d79cdab1---kidopifarakuzejuxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/91302759735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c55edbb3ad---433425198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fl-forever.com/upfiles/editor/files/meweluwovotimoxixajezopej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e36c12163a2a83edf1798cfa287b6b06/87713060312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawrenceyezersky.com/userfiles/file/bodixumowovojasosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072bd983e793---56552241942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f378473ed9b09900a4fbdd7017a10944/xikuzadipumavov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gub08g2dr10fl72qa0unvplrqm/segiwukekobugezaruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160702e17dedbf---mevomufozajoriwapobek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7a6a7bca7---591779384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/17519596758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160add4e27b3f1---nazudofolaxuzil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wtmongolia.com/materials/file/71293463469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00011080.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11080 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012892.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12892 18564 bytes
SHA-256: 57a3f24facf75dc2b32cf4129bf3a73e10ec5e4c797176a8528943620967388e
font_02_sfnt_off000159d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159D6 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 93bce5533ec92f8e966230191981284ba9a8c3589b5ffa3ae9006f818a87a5c5