Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0472199d66cccb22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 05:20:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 65b2f6f8ade5cb815ead154977c5df5d SHA-1: fc8af08f38eb486b57fbe874225fa66e676c94c7 SHA-256: 0472199d66cccb222962d6bcfb05dcee04b16d00c4ed655412b337832b994671
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malicious content or visiting phishing pages. The presence of external URIs and link farm characteristics strongly suggests a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=baby+by+justin+bieber+mp4+download PDF link annotation
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084eac281b90---95384530225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844e1db4188---mugiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0ed8a10e6---pezetaresekizajikupogepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34c4c44cc9e5b91a55c4ecec60b032c5/vuximuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d14d1f445---wimakapexamaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/813c30d19dac9aa38863766428982d37/paxoramakosidoxirazus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a315d5cc4b---rujijafonuvaginowivij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/71663393481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanriovermensucat.com/uploads/genel/files/busituxojererelopepiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021531643556817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0j138onlnl3aevg6vn4ur50enq/tivibosazetuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3512cb60e71fc8bd9544837add5a2c4/82944073190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/37048903907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb4315416fb---71206377340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nano-vip.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zevikenizadodukeluvuvixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecsun-moscow.ru/docs/file/xumilogirazoxavulofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc7aa17dee6---larobejobigubanukonapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef4056faf2---zedurisuferokipevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-etalon.ru/upload/files/dupasanudewadixawefarumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fgeodpr8fm80jibcog6ac4gms/ludoxoponodix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bdc8f6003f---80669042220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc64f189aaa---zivalexege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ac230e811104cbba47793c940d6e50f/vexanisorijisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/lidovilisevirogakaxijo.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_off0000d0c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8D2 17100 bytes
SHA-256: 41948494246fa1eeed599067ebc70ee68dd5f70c12c463fe282ba87d18ca0c2a
font_02_sfnt_off000115e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115E0 11252 bytes
SHA-256: 487dd9a93d31a55381587a7ec612c28be62c4267ebcba49fbca2172f3614bd6b