Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f72ce274bc06f69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-03 16:01:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a5026c632f6688d8f875fcd4a7768ea5 SHA-1: 7092bffdfc5c7491d2e19ad1f22f934dcb04b21f SHA-256: 4f72ce274bc06f69830255dc6870989410d9b2d233d932210ddbd88858d31748
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external, potentially malicious, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+writing+ball
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be0a5f03775---63458352651.pdf
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/62670591669.pdf
    • http://naitikfashions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziwopiworerupomafofes.pdf
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/dejewasodipipuxasigukum.pdf
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a40993175c---44923049694.pdf
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082eb54c8a24---wuwimokarofo.pdf
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abnvasl57732vcrd9nv27e3c77/14831422108.pdf
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2kta0rq49lqu0j4dnu8r02e7d3/68844236706.pdf
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d1582d48818bc366e354833ae9c5eaa/67978075473.pdf
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5igk2lcqg0b802jtnph88ir7dd/49612157491.pdf
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb3d7357141---kijanilukib.pdf
    • https://ekselantechnology.solutions/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tinuselerefuj.pdf
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/futixafepefipi.pdf
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3593340db6---47272094545.pdf
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaf515f805ecdc684344012a0ea387b0/riveda.pdf
    • http://rideco.hu/upload/file/93377932573.pdf
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a13843a00bf4b2593ba5239954eba45/dukurejubed.pdf
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/45549209676.pdf
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/76006469528.pdf
    • http://domeinbeverdonk.be/assets/files/file/38197760235.pdf
    • http://cdseoulps.com/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/kuwowaji.pdf
    • http://scholl2021.com/clients/1/19/19bca4f76d5065ca3bffbfc1c67e7925/File/wobefutuzujovigiwesew.pdf
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751463d419d---xekidatimadibejemer.pdf
    • http://doverhighschoolhalloffame.com/clients/2/2d/2d76883e1086210ef8e2c43836b0327f/File/77857041452.pdf
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oruou4eupn7l56ao1fs3dvfnu5/suxobikixedezigikajereda.pdf
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ce545c8ed---56591854215.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f2cd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2CD 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010adf.bin
312c4ce694053cae670393742e83b97579cc952bf5c900ec7082feba0711095f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ADF 17296 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000137d8.bin
8832f0295312b7c8637840c459b0789b7a733d398f1a9ae70dcb9998369c44f4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137D8 10288 bytes