Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72913a4e85ec6b97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 11:03:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b205c4c247513a28ba4a77588eef6d4c SHA-1: e1245c0b8c35feab864c34e3da2934663b466bd0 SHA-256: 72913a4e85ec6b97969705c3d96fbb2a4723362b0d37d1ecb48ef1711ce4849d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or redirection campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lead users to malicious content or further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fb683fa93e74f847e6c506485ea3912/mesobimeruvuvomifalotis.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e989af80fd0fac60f51aa3942219d8c/25873444673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brainbond.ro/userfiles/file/16083167482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harryfok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rerezozawerafegeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelicanfinancialnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27783921486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cardion.dk/gfx/fckimages/file/96115594744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalstage.biz/js/upload/files/wikas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1e3be3ffd2---fagotanuxakopinusubiwimal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66l60gfl5jc830pvi7dqgc9trc/6648436770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8e866f402---70813207953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a70917c3cf6da9a92d486732ee61e59/nuvedugilexidutotojiparot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/meqik91dmgfc3vt71used2b0f0/kowezizurakoganadiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyiksem.hu/uploads/file/rerepikopilunigab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2ee2ff7051ea09efcd710f95bbdddf8/61376468652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5ce6152f6099d57a75ab3595602d7e0/buzoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awkontrakt.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40128262571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/50263120647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidwoodmachine.com/d/files/90687771645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/bizibozok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/97204193707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5863c1bd17---kagewavorawizedeseni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160add56079bcd---fupiwexibevanodot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8af25334ba---23929819849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e4518aabf---44146859463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=fruit+fly+lab+ap+biology+answersPDF 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_off0000fe0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011626.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11626 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 3bb399f8f133f294a56f1a6ef20cf28c137835421682d72795c5730298636014
font_02_sfnt_off00012f83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F83 17304 bytes
SHA-256: d3623fb7362f81d1fb72d5c1bb3b839d3f2fc4901fa23e4e8a7482c076ca1d01