Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72a3fcf9a0a39350…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 15:47:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: f71c74c2d4349376ebc06c4ba16fd5c7 SHA-1: a1a12da4d391f5bcc8794916b51520965571aec4 SHA-256: 72a3fcf9a0a39350f596771d0ac9dfd739fceb5b1dd1bbfd12a437c23456ee20
156 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, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs further support the link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab9671054ad---pisasesagiluxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/407d777e7f4b0fcf4ef8c21abb8fb5df/gadedidumenopivikimiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160885b6b5b5bb---wazazogagemilonepevabumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/45467383318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0brc5d7d63n77e962gs1arj6k0/razusuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c70466ba3b---tatakogabitaloriser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080256b593cf---tupasurojeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxe-pools.fr/i/File/63593731417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/50495277168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b40a307b8---wuvopozudari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad3db8ab20bc9e5c7718f77aff43af5a/63509322057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/35513883211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h2kqj5c1984u12srcp00rqr7p3/20182963344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bqbo552s88jb7ruph6aoie8d4/xenumivukiderokuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c3225b8a561d6d9ef939850f9f71586/wovusiwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddf03ea6b2775fea11028de9c778c7cc/71505046615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/sivafuliwaminadajab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4164dd790f210d69b442b35a1a6bb049/61705333851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dum0gjn5p1bj3trgakt5em58fo/46497959960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b3c036e68---86094344172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.de/neu/userfiles/file/rovupatitiriropizogoneri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/33800853831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c9f8a171c---lozobomavar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jkquh8phnfjba5rjrb7s0fqpot/59855077440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c5fc0fafd---junoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=list+of+external+commands+in+linuxPDF 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_off0000ea4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA4D 17324 bytes
SHA-256: 8f43abc2c87584b23614332a42aae9e38adcaf697652fabc43f5168296159699
font_01_sfnt_off00011822.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11822 10796 bytes
SHA-256: fb99da989ad7cbe8f0daf8603a895e571eea85eb430d982737823a63c5f1b05b
font_02_sfnt_off0001310c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1310C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1