Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7ce7caa9e13ebb9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 14:43:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 139895ad04fdcf65ec0515b2935cd38f SHA-1: b07202994c3d62fb3867a5d5bc35b02c22e0ede9 SHA-256: f7ce7caa9e13ebb9093b951c53d230b1f5799a68940bec6d1d80f7545426237f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=singular+and+plural+for+grade+1 PDF link annotation
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/81458036621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/24758459687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5bgk0pshobpkfkoig3s4h9tn4/2444752636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b81dd51f3---dalotitib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystal-lamp.ru/uploads/files/liviwiwugenujolifekiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1dbed46e8---97222342360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078579d5d439---wilalopigosused.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6ffc4fde5---66892120294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729c7bc7f64---dujanid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30346332b4de7bd27a090f92c9a749fe/zogijemivuruwerajivefemok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/74254677013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdbc4b07269---35571963310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tessuno.com/upload/files/60e65fc01ba87.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609449b24f83a---jabemegoderas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/966b96e326e6b6a4a1cb56fe50b07f6c/44536657578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlspublishing.in/data/eimages/file/xepuxunupoporogetez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/39051190197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myboydfamily.com/clients/7/7f/7f513a2250c12de81a70a6735749c289/File/wesisukunodujuxozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b80772236---wigadivupozolara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073238c1f838---wuvuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electrogalicia.com/electrogalicia/recursos/archivos/ragefitona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xewafewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.groupenahno.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rfst8qtfngv21fln80k1gj827d/2420305744.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_off0000e6ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6AE 15948 bytes
SHA-256: 5b51fe5ed6c0ef28b3a197cfced0ebed5bcc2976fcd25a36025f2c428ada7181
font_01_sfnt_off00010f61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F61 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 79c845e527ecad5962b250678c1d21ad269fb8edeaee7ef5558599f0ee368990
font_02_sfnt_off0001279b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1279B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1