Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72912c5da841373c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:51:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5ea2e0062d7b6e7d24f8cad79c917d53 SHA-1: b264fee03682866561ef1b6f11c0ff4ecef3175d SHA-256: 72912c5da841373c1705ce12d1907b8f66eabe3e54c93a347511315d8d1c6318
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, pointing to a tactic of using link farms for malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://polenes.cl/userfiles/file/furivogobunos.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://budohurtsa.pl/userfiles/file/ligumekalewutazizus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lafenicealcamo.it/userfiles/files/bafasimowuzaburato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityfate.com/files/files/18035572476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5c54d17d1---59748686957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d648357b2c6---16744210631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081cc1ee246c---18417297546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///nebumatigepamozewimefetuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trimblehighalumni.com/clients/84492/File/futivugolotewasawejuzelif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bi77gvokggtqen6a3fksj6j2r9/dukujebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascii.tn/web/cgi/file/bokigediri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ce77c12065a25582d3cef179adb5097/zidinujesivigis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c31ed015957---61967148213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/lujafazaropesofibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0f4f42326b---60653667875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/81984142986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koncnc.com/genelresimler/file/64010277678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvdeastudio.it/userfiles/files/62411156500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/vumilerofunosevegimalawut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e7b5debda1---wumewanutizamavof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hermosabeachbungalows.com/userfiles/files/redijizirononizefasegupup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibliberia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43861552960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ewdel.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70138808978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precisionsurgicalworks.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83401914007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=la+m%C3%A9thode+pour+arr%C3%AAter+de+fumer+allen+carr+pdfPDF 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_off00010a75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A75 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 065b1a7e0665983f23a06d653246178448a15874c76d1350676b06127851d87a
font_01_sfnt_off0001231b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1231B 21112 bytes
SHA-256: bdc1e074cc7ca8e076848220c783113ee6a71d4c1ec811a88cec285df511b833
font_02_sfnt_off0001574e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1574E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1