Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7e7176224aec3a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-07-18 21:02:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8200044b17fc980c0796ab3358b0736d SHA-1: 12939d6c2a686ef40b1388c94a40a5b010b637b6 SHA-256: d7e7176224aec3a10e539ea84e09b41fbc4d0c7ddd19287cde5ac2745ffdf642
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF structure itself appears to be a lure, possibly for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://bushregenerators.biz/userfiles/files/najad.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://martonaroniskola.net/userfiles/file/raligokip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607438649b146---fatoporoxavugupitebikad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d48ae1aebb---fulejazumikatikarodudizom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/408fc9538334625c305fb89a28b6a8a0/lepilepekevikexogowumasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7iq7rmen1gnbki95hvnnco6if3/nuxezar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modern-pro.ru/files/file/41902978722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/guwikopezukutefejumuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingluo.net/uploadfiles/files/xivomokemalegodaritarax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/91534835222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://millecolori.it/images/file/vewugedegowamuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bp46f2nftmuol3fpqcdpn1ne5/suzupowijubiwexegijirod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pelesiuvalymas.lt/i/File/fowejidofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygoaltv.org/ipp/images/uploads/files/bovakufifodamolajetabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3v7r18bl19aojpddgtfc2daf8i/mejisagofujelinarog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/81960511573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e752971b0544d181954727beabcc5a5/5865057287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hausbootgeiseltalsee.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hkva2hce8knllc4q029851is4n/81262698116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607002259a3f2---33704159169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportschoolindex.nl/images/uploads/35381394689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubin2000-distribuitorshop.ro/userfiles/file/47046582092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/36700832153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grossfamilyreunion.com/clients/0/00/00c8ca1d7e0432e0ca4c178cf0a97985/File/58960352222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aac75b838ff---31230262123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panificiopasticceriabattaglia.it/file/xajuxesanofaditolaradota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=differential+calculus+book+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000c849.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC849 16168 bytes
SHA-256: 861a28a67072b2e21cfd49c1256d3c23e49ee57a91c90b8c30008cbfc8059b61
font_01_sfnt_off0000f230.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF230 11032 bytes
SHA-256: ea443eee09f94da7672e55c5292a82d4f865865bffe55bb99480ec442067ea47
font_02_sfnt_off00010bd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1