Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72814ef215882c89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.0 KB Created: 2021-08-01 01:11:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f6073efb2f93ae0748437ba0bd4834f9 SHA-1: 536eb337653d62350948a7dd2931c101f55d9a21 SHA-256: 72814ef215882c89254b01d50d868928b2d3d7824876613f7b8364ad3e920d6e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score further indicate malicious intent. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a phishing or trojan distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9967

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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ap+biology+lab+04+plant+pigments+and+photosynthesis+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e514751c6---pitumefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/sumoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permanentnimakeup-brno.cz/userfiles/files/62902703264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df9afea4800---66179712999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6a29b68225---vefiwumonufowirixarafujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b693c2a321a015b1abe1104909689b6/patodifatelorebenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosniyom.com/userfiles/files/9086197185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phpirateboosters.com/clients/867602/File/vanafoman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://florylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xoxokedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnibat.net/uploads/archivos/90293421432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbd7569e2ac55120e1f4eacca668e465/zisabemajubuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-preiss.at/upload_files/files/97336544724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokozentrale.de/idata/kaxalulunotofujewixobiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calzaturificiocatia.it/userfiles/files/53523373051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6b48cd2b3---61119111555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7431712b50e79c9ec69a520dfa88b177/lananijonobopilon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icwest78.com/clients/67591/File/zozujikazukosapunamuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65945916748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-tes.ru/files/file/rewiweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laros.cz/UserFiles/file/30607459994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1jr6v42dcvp0qb3q0q42f46dso/lojodojunazafajevebadowog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/rewikipufajefop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francoisdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68803138117.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_off00013856.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13856 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001506d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1506D 11360 bytes
SHA-256: 086e28f463e8f9dd30b01c89058e2e56ba562e23882d6aebbcf5bcde8bf7d755
font_02_sfnt_off00016aaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16AAA 21960 bytes
SHA-256: 0dbc32ba90c305c00f399606b949d5dd32d980d291ca9f0f5ffdb1a8916c6806