Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72b50fc485bb465e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-07 16:08:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 473d2ac0a0369b95e7867de831481bcd SHA-1: 0e3982ea7e3b5a94915eee82118a2590736e34eb SHA-256: 72b50fc485bb465ea263d0ff9904538f94e70c55b0a72b52bd782a2f97703010
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, likely to redirect users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple external URIs and the 'link farm' heuristic strongly suggest a phishing or malware delivery vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cheesy+potatoes+with+chips+on+top
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/2794342199.pdf
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a568a598804---pipiju.pdf
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/48403999587.pdf
    • https://semineebrasov.ro/printuri-fi/files/61253325035.pdf
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/fibimagexigun.pdf
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/849643e4e31ce4574875ac73317617f5/sofezilofepalati.pdf
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5c375ef0b---rupadowesimikato.pdf
    • http://njf724.com/basefile/janatalnajafcom/files/vivibevuporipavoganiwar.pdf
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c04b4ce9d2---suzose.pdf
    • http://kap-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21795915740.pdf
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de296c8dd8fff0b1c2b9ca14585f92ea/webopenofokavikafa.pdf
    • http://lifecare4all.com/upload/files/6425689954.pdf
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14qh893tj97smm06r6h2qolpm1/54228305636.pdf
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083dfec15285---zafixibudi.pdf
    • http://regmac.net/userfiles/files/88604561952.pdf
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13ca65e76ac6818e21edd0f2b5528411/pujod.pdf
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/laliriravev.pdf
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b08697c2bda---54280200164.pdf
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/figaromimawudanase.pdf
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qbrpt2n38f1jh7jp2nkqlgmfge/83809527708.pdf
    • https://genesislighting.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd341b023e01c5bed1a2ff3f6a72743a/50981697482.pdf
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/51949995884.pdf
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607103989c86b---zaxarapomutepevarusifaka.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eb18.bin
e5a1d8c5eeb31b96fd217e70902ddb5695fd8fd930c5108ec22349bca30692a6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB18 10556 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001034a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1034A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011b5c.bin
41e56aa59984bd824740e41e3dd3eb58f7e7977642b5156b7779db1f489ae680
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B5C 18148 bytes