Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 275e72d7b5d00c10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-07 07:29:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 94cfcd5b02042ab9e8635a06df552bd5 SHA-1: 32e46bcb260d370c4c581cb91954e6241f90885d SHA-256: 275e72d7b5d00c103f222a85797ec397ace54b8e2fb1d220ab051bf57b857353
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of these links and the overall structure strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+do+fowler+toads+eat PDF link annotation
    • http://veraschwemmle.de/fckdata/file/loduvilomukirapokusekude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b8f605113---66774381581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/vadakig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airelimpio.mx/img/editor/file/66943710623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bea46b58a21---13328775336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607526463162d---xuwitejovapowumawixowaga.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c6160a896886317cf8a33ee117d9a19/gulofetilike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xistenze.com/files/files/zemomerozegorarazomuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sshs61.com/clients/6/60/60e739d5a8cf4a6710e4f064fd99417d/File/99847524333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b5ae8986c---rekewujaxataxubaguxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c67acca003845dcb07e8c3c4d0681af2/luludofawokuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rinducm1.com/contents//files/besowuzupopusoxifiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607713437ac50---30927315736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082693581e52---todesimopudogerozuzegipik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/94171031783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096f88d4e669---42112608838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4c1a1814b0---70447489430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarvodayasamaj.uk/upload/files/16118761998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2500506f76777560712a14bd764d3403/dosojajowisumonakaruraxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/fojovomuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/detiputifugomil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magazinul-de-instalatii-sanitare.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/xuladutefavukogezon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/supivimagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tbsva.org/Upload/files/20210704201109.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_off0000fadc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFADC 17428 bytes
SHA-256: 4c9240133e206458a159791bc25d1e2f867b0640ee0eb942536359864a1258d6
font_01_sfnt_off000128c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128C2 10336 bytes
SHA-256: 6986ba340d8817dc98c0a6b4e69e188cce66ea46ebbf9c584b75daa15e0ce52e
font_02_sfnt_off00014053.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14053 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1