Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7d735bb5bef0d28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 06:10:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 544ea6a7f7d3814820fa4a683760d9d0 SHA-1: 2e2e6fc4ba94e69348b3aa31db177ea4168cc73e SHA-256: f7d735bb5bef0d28c32938c39a87a2ede81862a3316a80a3aea0dd17e246400d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=if+you+just+said PDF link annotation
    • http://notarbrazda.cz/userfiles/file/84686410720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/te7ggvg0e2tvb9f9rh1rhcb2ku/kumexojalagolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc452b04c2---nojuwiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875310ea953---58691489173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychamsocda.vn/images/userfiles/file/31092472662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea88ac80156dad5979812c336ca1084b/42663601538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mecaniquekd.ca/upload/file/rutomoviwilenadanexizofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4eda25364034affd5ad0cdfa083c825/nanolaludi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faurerom.com/userfiles/file/60737943614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc4rp69iahvgqahhdpbsls8tp0/nararen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://almar-bus.pl/userfiles/file/54470445731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luberoff.com/userfiles/file/36938891643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d48dc7f2bd46a0409e5f30dbdfbc8630/61370655596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/posewober.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98dd7e794458aeaa38302517da1b0515/7185944620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/file/42734535421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/xamijujabakakenilekomej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d881d709475a79009400b7bce9183e1/49303338237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b16faf302bc2b041fa48f98baaa8ca17/werorokuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42f017cef63c442fcd31aa42184e79db/75140298679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fidelishospice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99610983655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcd2fe1b012---78304017155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078acffe224b---98527789490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baf93f1bbe4---zirolupadipubonetolekepa.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_off0000e772.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE772 17476 bytes
SHA-256: d48f099e25c745578a2aebb7fb9294c70c9cf7f4b5377e9fc65d95d0276099e2
font_01_sfnt_off000113fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113FD 10260 bytes
SHA-256: aa236b911413f5588d5f38bc5f9963699d6bdc2f09a06592b60e4725ccdbaee3
font_02_sfnt_off00012b2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B2E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1