Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72581defb4ddca4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-08-13 00:54:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: a361fb71f53484cdb1dae1c0d1e2c0ca SHA-1: f8e5bd214fb28a30baa32851664bd2e50abec82d SHA-256: 72581defb4ddca4cb8a88ead2fc6022b416ddf80ca44055c6a3aa237aff96186
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a ClickFix paste-and-run lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd8d9341ebbf55d286a0b0e69ed27410/80213765484.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xedaphcm.com/luutru/files/7456147955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomontironi.eu/userfiles/files/nuxezopereximonetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telewebmarketing.com/FCKeditor/file/kipuwogisasimim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31579e5f520644e3f8b56788626a751e/lugipaduzefado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittymall.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/xonolopuxukuzejopanitelob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroi-sistema.ru/img/vaniwazodisunimawenidex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40eacdaa9800de46ee48b6461aeaebf7/17277441248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/335b04eb85ea9fefea717af33f8b25e2/20459252032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc8b2ddbe8---mefowovalediwokax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e03991914---61497484623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stadiumhighschoolclassof1965.com/clients/0/00/0080f9a3d0f10e930bcfc39f0a940e94/File/95246461156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masonhn.com/d/files/vufaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161063a97462c8---viwepuwibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace3a709d97---toluwidelevozanixad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cncunse.com/d/files/fawejalot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/mopewirelanoragokubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clickkedai.com/userfiles/file/68006403393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factory-01.com/js/upload/files/36762519562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inncredel.com/uploads/xawixomiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0b5b8a99f8---foboxabaguroji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garystrike.com/clients/3/30/301ae0ed988f9237e4cb8f8c41f6cb36/File/35480988829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc9b50bbda---19987012290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t57i1086bqd7ihf6j57argt557/73268185153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilalyapidekorasyon.com/userfiles/file/rukemugilimemuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=faceit+anti+cheat+windows+7+errorPDF 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_off0000ef1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF1C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001072e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1072E 34740 bytes
SHA-256: c6c90a6391d87d3f2d30191259ab9b27b24646955486c87497a2c778992f12b7
font_02_sfnt_off00014d47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D47 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 0eefe856c705f3bcea9db1282a15d446f72de5f5e8964391874e944f6cfbc00a