Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 724b8cec15939d80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:17:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 2df7ab2d393ba62fb2ca8f3c09fd5358 SHA-1: 0e35ac7670353ba9d7dadc65e6910ce33ac91a96 SHA-256: 724b8cec15939d806d9f04b81ad75220adf9c104331d450ecacf33fee9565abb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious document designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://agrimal.pl/userfiles/file/pusejepamape.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eiak.org/upload/editor/files/zizetejuzurudasipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9faa75aabed6462b595c410f48e7fe6e/fofelaviwogifigapetakoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vd66k154ijeo3fvs6nsh7himhk/79781229458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easy2ticket.com/upload/files/50667985792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chatfieldfarms101.com/userimages/87428081912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ve01h4m9lg4v0gt52jfmvkmg43/buzowipuragabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hizlipin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/87580149147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carzip.biz/files/uploads/files/56558370828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meganimal.pt/site/upload/file/27261068979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1d11bad0b8---81070303557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/kolizofaxaposejofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109cc4146b00---divozogiremotevoloboboreg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06682241a8551c36c079b65126f99b1e/rigozeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiuyutv.com/userfiles/files/20210704040004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://408of53crownstreet.com/assets/media/files/65294653019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/281114015002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bm37jc5826ot4seful8aso8ki7/97324333013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78m28qaju5bog22jagd1uassvn/81666594501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.analfissur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160835edab479f---vanoxologidapiletuboki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/38858414549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a742de490284ed3a70bd61e4669fc87/42578990970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=guitar+fretboard+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000d2a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2A2 10688 bytes
SHA-256: fdccbb8756909ca23638d88a7665ff4b9def64867bce51582c8119f7523f56af
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB0E 17652 bytes
SHA-256: 4cabb1f887554e467827487e19306c4893af288ccb7de972e7f8527054d6fad0
font_02_sfnt_off000118a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1