Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72646cae5b336439…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-07-04 02:49:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: fed4b77d272c2e392ff7fb25fa86e186 SHA-1: d433f1a64c9f0f1dee4c3d3403f8a58b1844ac50 SHA-256: 72646cae5b336439c8d81a17654b36f541e6b783748c489c7ff901c53e8450ee
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage trusted domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 http://npas.ru/pic/file/78045909851.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9initfhm44iqsqslscq1b9cvh4/fibuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e20dd9808---sozarixivukoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c1eee906330434f23bc5f830651896d/katixiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea5ebef4f34cc5af600723086b885518/fatexasal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhigh65.com/clients/4970/File/27731161852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce5aaa90e271bf8dd5662ca6c1ed8efe/likixagufeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44238343776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/889138aa7e66347cf8f6173751b003af/desutojoraxalaxobifog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29f6d910febada5976251349dbd860f3/bigiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e89f892d3d40cc2cb2e51998229d7d1/44262232742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c0a5ed5e658b386d87d0145697114a1/jugamimirewaduluzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9jg040tp2q4a4phfm3p9a3kfe5/47224127301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca324ca814---84455596489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitesal.com/data/images/file/7145_20210515113802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f538c605804066e285f17000663f1979/jedoxafulozagofabavugixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64659b4dc7388813d41654fb2bde4dfa/towed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/18679892377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f7a20f005---16220178371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/11378418231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/gizizeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhipuma.vn/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/52280169855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/titijofekekidununagipijad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eed37180b0---fedetibamewomoramarukixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedikal-yub.com/uploads/file/zizutujiful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=my+favorite+animals+are+dogsPDF 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_off0000bb93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB93 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3AA 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 0efe8ceb78bbbb004c8919a13c3ad44d7eb6e01dc3dd4e27737d428fbfca1fbd
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC95 15380 bytes
SHA-256: 254e7cd01199786ee5b5cad439e78be8af741abe52f0ab8bb9df55b60fb20d92