Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72516f798f273996…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:59:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: afc38444571afbff2e1b2f88546bf61a SHA-1: 77950c71c3d6653e7d89895017fc4389baf74d49 SHA-256: 72516f798f273996f8543b502ea2b29c1f7829133d8ad17b2c38128945e1fc70
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristic firings indicate an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=application+letter+for+teaching+vacancy+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132406336027---makulafonasej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/joxapivenanopotaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d2f5e2f7fa9a68279df3e200267a92f/kejulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cab23262476670b9ce17506fa8e9cc5/30916227346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f230e8c36baf66e9c13f4a0e85fd2387/43012044929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d43ef55691---kefopawurifuzupadotilibab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billagelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kaxajixapawudijezofave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://granitemountainranch.net/userimages/68911153387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarasonic.com/upload/file/fosov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sg8ianvqpcs3j7atfhleljlgbr/ribikuwasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webplease.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mjoq8st7bv6odvoatkitms76mn/2527045494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a1c435eead---45077793521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djapm.com/userfiles/file/kodapojepidimeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westhigienia.hu/editor_up/28734007068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tajesink.com/Uploadfiles/files/61007041604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/62653011993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pantonerestauri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zotadajolojodifudebin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randygordonlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bebinipugerofegumap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a71772ec1cc998b679f44133339a76f/taradavimiloluziwas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adbuilder.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kovafixukisesuruxaledin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985c8d8e75b---17730746154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charming-dc.com/uploads/files/202108212047485096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076da2ab3c43---23808494112.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_off0000b545.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB545 10892 bytes
SHA-256: da4477b13952461e3ac9e790fd8da4d57c29f3fc1b913cc4ebeb0b7d23465d05
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE42 14832 bytes
SHA-256: 5b725f9ebe1ea1bd931c444d2554e3cc7ee0be89f90737fa79220671962111d0
font_02_sfnt_off0000f23d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF23D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1