Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7b2d65f2a7c0523…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 11:03:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d8938db92413cfee1c0dc288ac0f5ce1 SHA-1: 25c513ddb89c2aec297c41db10761032376055b5 SHA-256: f7b2d65f2a7c05237a35afe58d583a2cff1413e2739da0b4b80ed6f4b94e6f42
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, presenting numerous URLs that likely lead to phishing sites or malware downloads, disguised as software installers. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links and disposable hosting further supports its role in distributing malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=iskysoft+pdf+editor+offline+installer+download PDF link annotation
    • https://londonvipchauffeur.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25ae8d211d0ea7e5cff97f594ad71f7b/wolinawodasokoxiwapak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072bbaaa98e3---bopikigoduborape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071cab84956c---julamuwilagurozatir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuhuonglacquer.com/uploads/news_file/88921923097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a65ad0a28---voruximapenigetisujax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://culfordequestriancentre.org/UserFiles/file/bajidezamatibog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4299fefbc669d1d14f1e48423d6573a3/junuraribepivig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canionglobal.com/FCKeditor/file/64580503383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cadelupo.it/userfiles/files/watolukonulikabeliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6e597363a---71445333122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ags-sib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36073654512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madveras.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78418038558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160894463b50a2---rupidaxezuwedesaxebasax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bwc.lt/i/kubamowaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1svbtcs8jgrrj4umvdngolh5k1/tobuter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acadeda4ab---mozobajanaroxotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/55942472317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c1ef03919---posiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntschoolint.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/29101807601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harrisitalia.it/uploads/file/12306767894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/65128834741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4chpk0ri91pkp6o439hcfsj53d/fonawiworilitofapogajimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tri-or.fr/tri-or/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/45945879280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuitsdartistes.eu/images/file/betufuzakede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a937750e1f56afb9f14d4454179435ae/74308655708.pdfIn 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://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_off0000de26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE26 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 3aa895b8c92afa066214f3522cebe1f292017dc0b27008d1677940dc936d09d2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f70d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF70D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F1F 18108 bytes
SHA-256: b34ae7d9d66c9ad489caad8d54a656369ad04c0500d33baf6014ca6d4ef18a4b