Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7edcc16155b8555…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-21 18:24:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d1fc32cbba152b85106f6790dc265da4 SHA-1: 1e870518ca88766f2ca9a77567a23a6b41c0e593 SHA-256: f7edcc16155b8555d0233b154734b0e82b2c67be84773131d5f86f0958fe5918
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and URL analysis point towards an exploitation attempt.

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 http://cuboni.com/uploadfile/hong202109070105016458.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://evrenmentese.com/upload/ckfinder/files/satawinimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134bc93a498c---66913055873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenshopvn.com/uploads/files/matedota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161319329b16b7---gajewudejifanukuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdwtechnology.com/fckeditor/file/24394473347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinoscaform.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109160521176938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coverybox.box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nipuwifazerefapel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontogepszerviz.hu/editor_up/40973994153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tygodnikzuzlowy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuxutuxodadure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityfate.com/files/files/17661475960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://praktijk.zorglink.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47832475373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmakonnect.org/DrumiBhatt/karmakonnect.org/Final/ckeditorimage/files/11005805603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotem.com/data/home/qxu1780220113/htdocs/uploadfile/files/5679241675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonioruizabogados.es/userfiles/file/xeketilipimodatezenagigod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artcorner-fiberglass.com/userfiles/files/sabunisuvelisofowale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novamakine.com/upload/ckfinder/files/45294312112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petgears.com/app/webroot/files/file/xadujexifizomego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoannalisatinelli.it/userfiles/files/bafivugidokewefupagasukef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hangtatmj.com/userfiles/loxopurup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bf028d016a---jebuxejovebid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetbrashersclavoghisu.eu/userfiles/files/lofebofevasijub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peretprod.ro/content-images/file/56996091080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moretonassets.net/userfiles/45383540906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=g355h+flash+filePDF 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_off0000dde7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDE7 10236 bytes
SHA-256: 3ad0ac9010f9e5e99ce59d2ab42f22a893240524fb41510e9d918d8bae768e88
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4FC 18444 bytes
SHA-256: 381d94bcb7a77f996d68040def44578108afd1f3253a4d35f704c588e0083b7a
font_02_sfnt_off000124c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1