Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed7dcaeffd7d51f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-08-05 14:10:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 57fa4b0ba2e4fe0a625c236eb00aa4b7 SHA-1: 50e38e0c00f5c1678a8f523e1c2dc3a5f2d340b0 SHA-256: ed7dcaeffd7d51f66a9a30ff5efd0dd30f16392bc835ceb47fcc68173f711f87
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF documents designed to trick users into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8cf8a090a5---girorebapikidapupanokawup.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bczenekar.hu/files/file/lonitafeguvagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingbeat.com/contents//files/relimerika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coytex.net//ckfinder/userfiles/files/10646537225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apsco.ly/userfiles/files/21703489315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d005199fca---pidimojudipexomewoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607855ac94212---xosupiretikujawulebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/vigabuzulirazurezorelis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bvt5kl6c00ga80fsmq5kf063cd/kepejilunilaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c9a80e7783---22781957667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2da2e8b9d18801e23f1e1584bab770c8/41251246162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calisnt.com/uploads/files/85273670712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/refexarofijepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824b0b881a1---4903279854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96aefcbe835857e73561f5bfd4c7d57c/garezaxogogidofowez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abeess.com/userfiles/file/parogebazinibajomipovet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/40845996822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06a98180e0---lipinotanurakira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nilsagame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/40582364236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indecomavo.pl/inc/50733980184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607817842fc63---jukibuxadakokogekuzus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tdfstore.it/file/vagosetojumavuzajepibiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giprozdraw.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/furovigudafuguti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ac31339ae---riwajosutaxijiguwexevuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/78620348079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=c+language+book+by+balaguruswamy+pdf+free+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_off0000d50f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD50F 11216 bytes
SHA-256: ed7768973c0c8e8b1ca5234c4105e7e42b6c1363bae1aaf1b7e52de3c4980fa3
font_01_sfnt_off0000eefe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEFE 17100 bytes
SHA-256: 9870cfcb7c99971b6069c0757be2c752e9ec41416c2b385a693f463c46ef9770
font_02_sfnt_off00011b55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B55 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1