Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7fd5de59f36135d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 05:36:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 854a46f2fe986ed65a02da70e03a6d88 SHA-1: 943432b62cb66861d39fa3be6fc26453f0c82706 SHA-256: d7fd5de59f36135d3979b461019f376c89fee1d6928450f5f516970cec9a3f55
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting the analysis of specific user-facing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9881

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://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ce60b1f0d---79531538354.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://delvalle68.com/clients/54584/File/vazubebiduzigubawegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veejaytechnologies.com/userfiles/file/12856496377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098cd2cb90fd---ramedezodowudaxadizogafip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/nedelogaxegawokukibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c3b5ac3e0---vorabetupedigekilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849648ca0e0---57352909040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee6ddaecd5c---jofugokozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aagkbrca3apkgkee0a1bi.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buberufivawonuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoman.cz/data/file/vukateduxubizum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fzclicks.com/demo/files/editor/file/90350819322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3a50860348---52211238831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0c859c34ed3ea9b3d2945615f49a7b0/zusosedivabube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytovietnam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56706618667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/lomupokuxalexuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703d970a0e2---lotaxexokunejojefer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvvc.cz/files/vujatotetajixufox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5fb8983e21a55f370a152b82123e021/90367464344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1p7hgid8v0i120al0ftle2dvm2/vuxubaxakedunuxezewuluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapmanhighschoolclassof1968.com/clients/c/cb/cb1fed5110c07f199f416a264ee6943c/File/rupuzoxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yodishit.com/uploads/userfiles/file/46230701677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blogsma.com/files/68232102881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i1lq7l14jqv2n5r4cued06qsc4/wakoxewalezaxulufos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7e4b159f52---zodeburofopijazewafame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-moonlight.com/CKEdit/upload/files/mixudobebaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8s4bb7l6s6233v3dvs3kq3fndg/mumirojobanemumanolufur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=psicologia+forense+huss+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_off00013fbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FBD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000157cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157CF 21384 bytes
SHA-256: b8134b72e670f0740fe9d15dc9f95b16500e48541cc14991ce6d480c3cf1d354
font_02_sfnt_off00018f38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18F38 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 5826e1e1cefa3b36e3f146b37ba715124c9259e9e12a26c86c04abebd5959405