Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7f272aff3c97e2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:59:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9bf28806bce45f0b1b4657d0940feaf2 SHA-1: 52b99f7a5b583beecad8f9e21bb0cb85a652bab5 SHA-256: f7f272aff3c97e2b85091d842ae0fca52b2fa21be12516730214e30294bae786
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host and distribute further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, with the primary goal appearing to be directing users to download additional malicious PDFs. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external links suggests a downloader or redirector pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db77eef7fc---35308152880.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alkirbilaw.com/userfiles/files/niluxukakolawisazudulig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608286c0d644a---41774401171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alessandrobelleseveterinario.eu/userfiles/files/wilumewupelezet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8696b5af08669f3e9f0ae294367b5b99/23399947415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607585c4a4cb7---ponusexametori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c37b6857a98---pufeporesasijinewurim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomassasia.net/data_ed/userfiles/file/82439520871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbanafwvcftiqfecrg2a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/72149761004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c773119bc6c0c7d23b5249ac3b4eaa2d/tanokopeniwasakufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jurad.eu/files/file/nepadomifuxagikutiral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiga.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sekekasesepijatunapiwogax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/23339299437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarangroup1.com/contents//files/vemoginawapupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b6354ae1c---samozobokukezigemewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/14759067871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwan-tsai.com/upload/files/33531974075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubon.top/uploads/files/36466900816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bednidhitraders.com/userfiles/file/43966978366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20cec3ef993d05fa7f69d2f2b545ce54/nazive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/gikogud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/23495178433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/29189363570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098f24892769---werimidegujeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=muscles+of+tongue+pdfPDF 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_off0000d94f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD94F 17756 bytes
SHA-256: 2f7d9e4a2e43646ac3ca8e3ccf1c357172a12623fa6f0d9b446b92322cd0b152
font_01_sfnt_off000107a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107A3 10532 bytes
SHA-256: a8d69223d7547785db1754d0fa48a029e45882c296ea9aca0cf97e5fbc045ecb
font_02_sfnt_off00011f9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1