Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 723ae7a1aa9e72dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-10-08 22:56:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 81e3903b2aad8b14ec91a2a435297219 SHA-1: aa482cb700a6091f5320ed5ca7198ecc75f821c5 SHA-256: 723ae7a1aa9e72dd42a423923d7bf75544e5e94bc8aa64a1d401f89876c57733
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that lead to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mucosal+meaning+in+tamil PDF link annotation
    • https://nusamulticentralestari.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/56358343688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krukaiart.com/userfiles/files/gosukurasivurudegetov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btsoft.vn/uploads/files/85357357232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zenobiacultura.it/userfiles/file///lamudinisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01a7aa61820c3b77a8408d7369ad8a55/lemodozapewosewogebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidurmalam.com/contents/files/nadixulezolabiwadiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8d4264cf14f9a344b009c22d1c7ff9c/jodoxemekujibovimudur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsservice4you.de/bilder/file/ketipemovukomaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maisonforville.be/documents/file/kotobexikekenuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annamsaigonlaw.com/upload/files/23226471856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioagm.it/userfiles/files/tiwisagebonavogikoted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opremazabebe.me/userfiles/file/95104740559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141ef5444a89.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engcaphone.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/45739628791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wccflooring.com/userfiles/files/58701864938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-appartement-venise.com/italie_documents/files/tekitabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelona-health.com/files/galeria/files/37999334176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loppisidjupdalen.se/images/uploaded/file/22348374099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewidor-gmbh.de/uploads/files/fevibewuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ryokanclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20211006_2524B4ABC87445EF.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoyi-chuck.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/geruxisuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urparitet.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42802316192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021100101292873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrecchina.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nokabokej.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_off0000d618.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD618 21980 bytes
SHA-256: 66840b9fc7a2409cafddda3900d2c0d71f1e1eaddbe8626f337ed67c30aeb068
font_01_sfnt_off00010e93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E93 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126AA 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 7f53462856984f0f8ef4df22f3e04090464abf88d6b77ce402b9717b0c156e4e