Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 072d6b2c785fcaab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-07-19 19:47:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 9e46f65af236ded2a67b4e937f2ad2bb SHA-1: 6c62d5609a981229710a741364a6b2e8068fa171 SHA-256: 072d6b2c785fcaabdcdd0d3e082bbd329c93d74a3db691574cdaf56c54f9effe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links are likely intended to redirect users to malicious or phishing content, a common tactic for initial compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63200c19f77bd8bcd3f091f187f5e4f7/14995419962.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8bff8d1bf6---fiviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://decoveinvestment.com/userfiles/file/47150879288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/382aa7a33fb28eed5917799968cef4a8/fesinaneto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b054dc5be20---35928331251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krossi.ru/images/content/files/61342142224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peilimineko.com/userfiles/file/93501722267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banhangcongnghe.com/upload/FCK/file/kotunataxawawikez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ce7eba38d---puzopofatenizira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099b84a16475---mekagisesulawotemikuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739e17d86c9---75111395036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interel-rus.ru/test/sites/default/files/file/59952452213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/50201931250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutandcolorparrucchieri.it/file/jafiziwasewesigeter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f14157942df---jenasimezudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c56caf7ef5a---77302391138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d42acb86be120ce9c8b0ed00c082733/jisebefeteja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matteagianotti.ch/userfiles/files/toxafubetezesepulisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/40400748051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b19427b5c---jojewubikofulikubaxosox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finemetal-cn.com/upload/files/vabowigagaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alperbehang.nl/userfiles/file/35321700159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/tufobanomur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca34ftbbh62n03u5966g0h6jcs/vozusazipesesinovape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95a6f37b9d5d8efbcd5f0b4c63f60484/77190456527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1685c8143752c3154ef64f6d8c0ce9c0/risimofanutomasenalijifel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=the+brewers+armsPDF 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_off0000c168.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC168 16860 bytes
SHA-256: 2b26e09c689241a5bb49383dde961267a9a4f58607b3b2c83a58b340a283a6b8
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED92 10100 bytes
SHA-256: bb9d6f5a7f248d1d133591eec1af0c185fbb31ba5ccd6db9c868477a8a29d87c
font_02_sfnt_off00010431.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10431 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1