Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7b806ce605d3993…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.1 KB Created: 2021-07-08 01:28:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d9175ae08ec7cd9c0d9b8166e48e10bd SHA-1: 066bd525d56b697e4ebf2722413ff598ac131479 SHA-256: f7b806ce605d3993c41c624273dfeff8f9de288bfc7443ba881c9edd2444117a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct clues to its purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://ikima.fr/uploads/file/jebuvisit.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/ladavamuwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/wutufijekav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://af.ssla.ru/images/fornews/files/rizabijogux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609457309ce91---xefiximavivowifave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a00b20223a5---95738838659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b46c4f2cdcc08b3a54e3604852fabb8/zujosomelosudazeburosadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a3bf7a015e5ed967775dc96be3a71a7/14442608782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unnatiwelfareorganization.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/visadipufenefokuxegubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhesient.com/media/xewanetowukarites.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b10c6d5bdc3---zepuwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alubiasdetolosa.com/files/galeria/files/35023424930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f0f9507b1c---sipopelamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://status-go.net/gfx/userfiles/files/fotuxixinaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cestovni-postylka.eu/userfiles/file/suxibosenivuxajurelalik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098d66372ac2---dikakaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085db8b2cdda---20112987064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfpj7cddsogg3sde5uechiisql/45126258549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7269298e0a228acf2921d8613dd7abd2/42681375877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/se5ueungki75i6clcnqtrvhjcs/kosijefufoteku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbd42d1d40---fezesuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=empire+of+the+summer+moon+pdf+freePDF 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_off000131f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131F5 17868 bytes
SHA-256: 5aa9afa8c6704066c8faa3be380f38f4ba315b39eeaf7805eb232a1f6424ab34
font_01_sfnt_off00015f5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F5D 10640 bytes
SHA-256: ff51396a342b7a51dbf2ed726c1b7ecb8efdf914f83968b873a2e17fe240a825
font_02_sfnt_off00017779.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17779 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1