Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72213bca48d869cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-08 09:53:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 197cecaa034742b53ddf8a1c4afe0bf4 SHA-1: 22f290bf1885e197d4cc2c1a8027fe85faed1767 SHA-256: 72213bca48d869cb4bdcc57af964694341431f0f4ccc4e96335e1cc635ae3c9e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

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
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://artbynela.com/uploads/file/zakutewefeli.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://oticonshop.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zukusewuraredanati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a817064315---duwabupovamazasimitaritax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c9c275ebe---30593901315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824dd705c8d---dawovoxizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d538aa6a653da7f5455c401bd487e9d/3173937344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f23c0c887---mekuwalekuzojaxunopezinid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stijsr.com/userfiles/file/benofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eccc9532f358ded65b5e3b859699fc12/vuzamuleleledulutaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentimresiklos.hu/upload/file/88939664901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungtinjsc.vn/upload/FCK/file/kubus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f1f15609b2efa02bb4a82c0cbe00c15/28393426622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e03bc9b70a97020faa2688667d9781c6/lidimit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82235829515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ooo-kenk.ru/userfiles/file/bodapuruse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorumeo.it/userfiles/files/39403313355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/87939714395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abbc4682500---fisimepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775cfdabab6---favok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thinkglobalcompliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9417056859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walkofagesvt.org/clients/0/0e/0e42319052772b195a43ba3ede0f03e0/File/pudutitovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae4adf13dda---biritefadotumifobiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carea2plus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c82253c20958741e189585fabda54fcc/ribanefaralomelaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/lawulamudivitafukotobom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=7+and+7+drinkPDF 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_off0000f1b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1B9 9720 bytes
SHA-256: 42e28ff868cea01fee3863733dd605f1fb8506a3b34facd8fd9b84f16ab60186
font_01_sfnt_off000106e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106E9 17804 bytes
SHA-256: 2b58c3dd009877455375ad6ca3bde62f1a8798c5c24669c9224ec482cef85b63
font_02_sfnt_off00013569.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13569 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1