Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7c2dc63fceba6b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-07-13 12:43:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5a6296d6a2a03bb60841af8ceffa4674 SHA-1: 2c4a9e693b3e5ac59c1eb9a6549cb5ef90426390 SHA-256: d7c2dc63fceba6b607a2b79617e5cc2500da5acc1eb77426f378c569ec418c8f
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The document impersonates cloud services, further supporting a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Cloud document impersonation lure medium SE_CLOUD_DOC_LURE
    Document impersonates a cloud file-sharing service such as SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, or Microsoft 365 and asks the user to open, verify, or access a shared document
  • 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://theatresaucinema.fr/uploads/file/71677153183.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/087cec72d7b11ccce0a2b1d86d1d95d3/26794729152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/pegijov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egf.tw/test2/images/file/rijupun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/92070120219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f8e2713b82---12411559288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89489c82577b9a2e5a00276fe12ee8ec/99782960971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2278cf97669803a5058bfa51ae099d59/wadixetivoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d08fd5d261---nofozakavetivev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/bisiwagug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qnhv0njls78bnn3f7vj48nsq8j/7011429168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehsclassof88.com/clients/7/7f/7f6c4973f16106f9a1f2948091db50b4/File/suwixudizitiwexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/mifowoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmfegypt.com/userfiles/files/68238381284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3865683ab06d0002209a31efece2ab83/47052249172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073339d18958---84649181994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmont.eu/userfiles/file/68594372222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iu00rplnfijl6ljs6c2nh9sr0e/zikebevudunumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shortguycentral.com/ck_uploads/files/papifajanonaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a2988a5c7---34978182886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sshs61.com/clients/6/60/60e739d5a8cf4a6710e4f064fd99417d/File/golakudedugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5a4a9136da---lapemokixofuvafedomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=uses+of+computer+in+schoolPDF 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_off0001005e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1005E 10688 bytes
SHA-256: f39c2b90186826cf2d347bdbf10d2a4f0a1795a86f6e2c2ce2d1659bd2a208b1
font_01_sfnt_off000118a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000130b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130B8 17400 bytes
SHA-256: a44544280e2a2989e9966f2e8cc3305bed33ca775622c3f0b75119d5b53d909c