Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72918afd41ca5464…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 21:22:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c3bf7b233441d08387ff7e6c869efd52 SHA-1: 943ca048a92d3ee89308554258af362761d9fa11 SHA-256: 72918afd41ca5464cad720a93fb9fe1ece1f8a48c4cd5fab9161d21a02081032
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host further malicious PDFs. This pattern suggests the document is designed to act as a link farm, likely leading users to phishing pages or malware downloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49fbdaa2d3---37523380402.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092d31f1d6ca---46199890260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e43f4db821e93a9a48543ce544aebb86/kolefoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/vobuvagolimopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/621b2b664a2764d6f4cfc2b4c118d3e3/magevoruzetejusapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611de9b98db64---69061826170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/ginetobadazixupazapona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etimes.mn/uploads/files/visajeketi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kortennis.co.kr/B/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/joxuveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/70256794975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://byecook.com/ckupload/files/93992015754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff920101a8---karifeduwulimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://consultemergingmarkets.cubsindia.com/files/pexatexabiludulefoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcc821d67a4---wufoxifesovedowuguseruku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da15a4962d6---naxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piecco.eu/upload/files/golisefijukagad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ouspseupku5eq462uamklo6cl6/67158477839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2466f225f8b2e5e126015dcef9fce8f/zomovubopega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-francophone.com/userfiles/file/dosaxisot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddc-touggourt.dz/ar/files/siwipimelarorukikemon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e94576b7dd2---80573004304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94c072c7af13f6f16282486543fc77d7/46361075707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=possessive+pronouns+adjectives+exercises+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_off0000cdad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5BF 18240 bytes
SHA-256: 4ed23fae64b8fb13e622e45845761459e1d2cb1b0271a79bfd47ef80b7362f06
font_02_sfnt_off00011528.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11528 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 64c770abd45e4e6572afc01244159d72925591c51c4ac311f990f1d6415ddb09