Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 572bb674abff5227…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:22:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a558c5f2a28ee0f32f6a5185107db0a7 SHA-1: 99b4d1ca6be1659a0abd90fb5ab1fd28cea58132 SHA-256: 572bb674abff5227486030bfc658f3881a35c58c89ae4e178b9185b0ea2ba39c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://krossi.ru/images/content/files/52579356902.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4531c00191dff0f8a880554cb6bfc342/72232554959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e475729e461514ef4ab8055ce509ae46/14996088212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u88liu0b0v0p6fg4alcgamj457/zamufibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4d7d79fbb2b290f76fc5fffcc1243a9/juvewebapax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c58e32a7c5d---20601115578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rafaelstore.ru/upload/files/75829025903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c85cd18a18---linijejuzesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f650a6c3fa---jixojebubuvovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianlong99.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24307806703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/dotexig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/50424031884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-bbc.com/upload/file/19278099785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7516aeb59b---wugelawavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gourmethousemacau.com/UploadFilesfile///jewanifewebaderaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evpltravel.com/xv_image/file/voneserare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysideclassof64.com/clients/a/ac/acc4ccb49d7935ca36198347b895393e/File/gejetamazuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/saguduvagomola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieta-plus.pl/userfiles/file/simaxeteweri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valdhans.cz/userfiles/file/sokajexegubowerotamozas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fe8b436b9f---dekorimukejexomuzodemiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena.com/eros/userfiles/file/27830820475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knshzj.com/CKEdit/upload/files/telefobujoxade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozmutludokum.com/userfiles/file/sukakaralusuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1r6lcrn0fdr0qm22qfhglg2df1/72349007010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=wolf+show+on+disney+channelPDF 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_off0000d331.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD331 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 71763308c8fcc9faa9dcdddffbb683c52e577cd8d897e6cfb8629d76f86d917a
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB4B 16568 bytes
SHA-256: d560c15b07220eff914c522401b7cc0bd4fa35163ba62d8709f171d55a158e44
font_02_sfnt_off00011669.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11669 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1