Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7c4edd2e156d4c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:18:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f5f5730a02523caf5e0371d4fdb16dea SHA-1: 3355ff3967f5f4e37a9373a6233f6c8ae29cc08e SHA-256: d7c4edd2e156d4c15918242c9c815d496442c35cb2f6d3475d0b0d04f9a8bae2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate an attempt to exploit users through deceptive links, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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 https://codecs.roimages/file/pokewopowo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cbwmd.com/uploads/Files/texukuxufefezile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e849becf06---10637614726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fashiongale.ro/userfiles/files/21702378781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodfortune.hk/UpLoadFile/file///90837550548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a20ade41df0---mukevelogiruvejore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d347df109---24942358351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/82886474042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a383f3d01d0de4c0aaef60a9864488af/33905421157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa42e32ec6---jedufilodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poultech.net/d/files/rodofotopizuwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d686598d8b3---8749473941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1acbpobggs.xn--p1ai/data/files/ragiposefeleruzarifavolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/68283927566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0b7e1692d---2724974544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zetilixov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://100gastro.cz/soubory/files/30157875853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maivietnamesecotati.com/uploads/files/24213150593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whiteelephant.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63f1290873765e626fed5f21f3e9700d/fasunaserikadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3784a25739---bekiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770f8956ed8---69596584200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://subarini.ro/mm/file/51758305419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62b67268d659ccf2c98a6ce07b09124b/kibax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--d1achljw0b.xn--p1ai/content/upload/semonodukofulenupuratafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e833086fbaa---puronum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfcde466a0d---bujutadiputisepuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eraucheta.ru/uploads/file/49189690034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=didier+dalf+c1+c2+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_off0000c699.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC699 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000deb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEB0 10296 bytes
SHA-256: 85df8d35eb96811d6bfd98c43558b67eaf736c76745909d8f8b097e87aa5217a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f606.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF606 21008 bytes
SHA-256: 208d055608dd9ba69f4bbe959d07db5b81f33efe620185256f8045ec9964a0cf