Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72a1a7634e3d17b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-08-19 07:14:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 83446551199033e5b2954e21161ede45 SHA-1: 5d6c34832b4c30dd1bb12905e5ea23afa67461a8 SHA-256: 72a1a7634e3d17b1b620d34733ea58194812f046d72e0b354599cb8f319e67f5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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 https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ba55eccc85cbe8e441f03aa912213c7/palalimamix.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sameiroeventos.pt/ficheiros/libokuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a43659c408b---suwuralaxowesazazukomer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1ef4ef2838---fezudupuwuwumijuxemur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianoinprimopianofestival.com/uploads/file/bumatawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaziogluenerji.com/images_upload/files/2165540406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://incoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/15637064493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humidorio.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gepamatabon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b57d145f9f4---bivikoxunajuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075500382657---radin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xoblates.com/clients/e/e0/e08cfb93fb97b00c28394d0532709dc9/File/54228343545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benjamin1908.com/clients/f/f4/f4560e3fe432b95d15e234f900dec36a/File/gutemutulabuden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seghers.kr/data/editor/file/21651576961101b5984d44.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j6fmh61fmntjhhs1ftj7u6jeu3/40265316969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-pasz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33293772945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//dowixemal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160d29d5e7f445---jiladikusozelugojawira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/103229f4f200203d22b89db6fdf5af9f/54554478447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/wimojisubeperolodiwide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademia-jedenastka.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/57141246946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0175269c84---51815593295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2909235a996474b64105b7976e12d5d/linopon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa8ffc196327f4132cc252abbc450524/41535517651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=electrical+equipment+list+with+pictures+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://www.unimedbelem.com.br/painel_template/assets/global/plugins/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/mitubopupejudegasuwewujad.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_off00010b9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B9B 11080 bytes
SHA-256: aa2adf06d86b2bd14756e39d4f413e1cb7a5fc3b2cd849f82c7e38547e41daa1
font_01_sfnt_off00012504.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12504 16472 bytes
SHA-256: bc21a99026da3ece8b6b9e2b83080b2886fc1bfbe5caf5df29c56f4a354d9473
font_02_sfnt_off00014fb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FB4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1