Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0724a89650b734a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-07-03 20:37:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: dffe1686b7e89f4ef87e39bfe1f70ee9 SHA-1: fbd8804ea0875bdb749960322bb8b47fdc64fb95 SHA-256: 0724a89650b734a758fe968801d3c11ccfba0c2194cdca3f46fb31da88f767b2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=charging+excessive+depreciation+on+fixed+assets+leads+to+creation+of PDF link annotation
    • http://kstarsmall.net/userfiles/file///kelowukunerev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4f2946b641---xufalokizomodazadakoxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d06c774651---41613136934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1099662d2b---sowadol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c94b17d1c6bc7bcf2b31747e9ccb280/62305979296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-cell.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30303376952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lm4bd82ph7dseaaa28eefufltn/8071247416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/814bvv74am5mo28j39vtktidb3/tofiwodekiretejuzesarifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/kuvededegip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianphoiduyloimodel.com/Images_upload/files/45578911946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f8fba66598---2151577048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/3517531691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/79379829766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c802e8e3bd---19647593561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gat-asset.com/CKEdit/upload/files/31043762898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/56850473981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608106e6d3ef7---55970455153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safrano.pl/userfiles/file/25286593352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094720a55a25---91264221205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5e689eee330d8b27396bce0b283e51b/wuvukomobuparakapezodeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0c91081aece9aecd878f13b1d0cd72c/42119798463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c3086e9b9---78489172058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c630ac428---18013985102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/dobogavim.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_off0000e264.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE264 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA7B 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 3fef31364cebea755c95768ba1ec9dd27ff8bc9cdbaf253d04cfff64e79506d1
font_02_sfnt_off0001142c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1142C 16004 bytes
SHA-256: 2bed66b9032b50a6cc4ad48fa3ea4089c4dbc571ab6076c620b8c84f97c25e3a