Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7ba8d3fc5c5780c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 15:37:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: e72b6753a0a45ee8b2b2dfdcee99483a SHA-1: 679c763e0fc73793aa2f04268f19e26d999ea1af SHA-256: f7ba8d3fc5c5780c0db576859c728144c8d420742c7be6218f16554a76fadace
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these links and the overall structure strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9874

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 http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8655bbbead0ae9ce9d524f2b6443cfd3/wiwutup.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cokhihoangvinh.com/uploads/userfiles/file/29061824702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c30dde4deaa---varapax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f031a132fec24e165e27d94ed51d2754/fumanololikalom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cochleartudaskozpont.hufiles/96906060257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071fb92b6f03---42236381936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anupbolivia.com/images/files/98332704493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nazragame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/87883958559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c081b729de1---sojebomisenavutegepotimog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1608387b4cbf6a---febigotebikupibapog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf4c11b895f---wineki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/837bc0a22fc96d2c1764d86c43cfa8aa/89316643920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc67810d92b---92593759458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cbs-emballages.com/upload/file/70936732173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3f503b7e46---xorutirawaxajebojezise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://italianopizzeria-pg.com/uploads/files/fukabikanowefepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lugashotel.com/data/editorfile/vuleduvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skvacations.com/userfiles/file/vuvefalosumipeninanuwini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinajnbt.com/images/upload/File/81543746407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9415ae340019f5e4500d7c5cf4ee8ab5/59458215526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ff25ad5ff---64223421573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822be876cae---tugus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa92fc62b94---wefolixugusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6ef8228ebd---dafod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=citizenship+in+the+world+merit+badge+worksheet+answersPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010fef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FEF 16872 bytes
SHA-256: 13fd127cc820629bdcc8211fd1aeb08ed822f2522f7373690127d41c9b5777b6
font_01_sfnt_off00013bc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BC3 11248 bytes
SHA-256: 5c2351545f02d94c428ae12d20347e9d8950f180516c259de224b9a687a7166f
font_02_sfnt_off0001559f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1559F 16340 bytes
SHA-256: 88a5f3ad9079b2340172ecd64f1cd79ba1ad1753eb2b73e58de10c5a7be67d15
font_03_sfnt_off00016b96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B96 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1