Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72b3b44447c72bda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:11:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 6b1dc02512e2a4325645aead850a9a70 SHA-1: e0bcaa2bfc126b6d2665db3c327544dd46448e60 SHA-256: 72b3b44447c72bda22d2ac664b023c0447f863e9be737c69591b44aaabcfe776
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded URLs suggest the document's purpose is to redirect users to external sites for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/842311a7bc53605aea077042d6495c59/lozafevamonaxosanifu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://maydangson.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/47187639404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/42516590409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f844ec603484c4d36b0fe015e3ab26b/dadazozejubegoxamepusex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28be23748b---22998873097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tangiahoang.com/skinkorea/Images_upload/files/8122948879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c723f13cda---69076455964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609619157483e---kiganorawise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matras-matrasych96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44526759513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinda.ru/pics/images/file/zeragidezolesexivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/40807997642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd8ec4dc4f2---bibexozoluwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achilleferolla.it/userfiles/files/kejosexaxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57fdf7babc4ab456098712ad806dba48/13489317300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bociany.sk/media/file/vorisoropoganuzegulij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/fowomegajoxuzudurel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lhmdnf1an5n1f4mbo7kekj8037/waselizekalufixikor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d77e79661---sovigixerematubovofabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvatoredivilio.it/userfiles/file/47726940878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://islandsvefir.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mn76kf7c66mpinibquie91aba9/76956550185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e30f57a5b95---budasulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5f9e5b5b30---dujowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivescuolaguida.it/userfiles/files/54753975058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miyadenthai.com/image/upload/File/livunufapij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=arfken+and+weber+mathematical+methods+for+physicistsPDF 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_off0000bc5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC5E 11300 bytes
SHA-256: f7e6bf46663fece838ccecbc675995ae6a3a36eaa0f631ef3775e298d638fa71
font_01_sfnt_off0000d694.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD694 15720 bytes
SHA-256: ee653d6422e0ad8f49fd98a1f516dc806d8bc730268926998b295521579a2c6c
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE77 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1