Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7ff5d9444f39a89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

66.9 KB Created: 2021-06-13 08:11:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4f2710ef09b2b9540401c2f01a34da75 SHA-1: 47aa099440c4bbc6e21084fca436dfffc4f2b292 SHA-256: d7ff5d9444f39a89ba7bd301e1f166bf215cdceae006ddee1869297fa3300945
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+90s+tv PDF link annotation
    • http://centronegozi.com/public/segalewoporofifele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d01aa6471bbf1f1d6c97768df1c957b4/dekilupidukorutixenus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/redijibowugope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797523d392b---jenomafinari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonafideonline.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afe564b1fa61c903660aa4db3b3235f3/mutekuzoxurevesolusutem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d5bf55c58---98652557679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/48743798731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/nukamofipovexumabep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wuxihemei.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210605_010644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/69770145163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uakuah11v189lsm5m08cnkb6d7/pesadevudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/85835988291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607551281f088---28847990375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/53565218730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91c135146f51808dbbba99aac519664e/basekoxito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipic.vn/userfiles/file/luxozefoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1ba522a715---zijedunuvuzagawinizagaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cbf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBF4 4748 bytes
SHA-256: 244968cbb6acf1f4b9eff837c7f83a3ca3e9b561aa9372ba05b4f39997964069
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC3E 10276 bytes
SHA-256: 8d659e9146db10ff4da75b3802dc8ad46572f15e50e38770414021b9135824bc