Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72b5cd3cafd83f23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-07-19 19:02:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 11328e3e2e6a5eb8e93fc3dc3155d40d SHA-1: 4e8e585a80af7245dc17ae3cbf1df4242319c4d7 SHA-256: 72b5cd3cafd83f23a1f96ec190a78e53a4964a067493dca84b22f2ba1d63b599
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and ClamAV detection. The file contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites, indicated by the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://planao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lovirak.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01755ea49556f5540cbdf34d09a56a67/91244004417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/falun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608674cae6773---72608557162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607649aca82c6---18015219486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/290647183840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fqjkqp1kt98369v582maretut5/14278259917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizit-k.net/uploads/editor/files/golizekakijafufabes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aeccee28c5---97951114524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centronegozi.com/public/14969664380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c88c9d6e28---21843173938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-green-hope.com/uploads/files/paguxepofowuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmnet.cz/ckfiles/files/files/nadefadeliromaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jdhs77.com/clients/58520/File/mutigibavikavasisasutivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719e8cbda19---duzunugop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949bdeb41c3---92186699499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/riubq96jo7uqv4jlvj9r6pupb4/kutenutizufevikuvokenop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wienbildarchiv.com/upload_files/files/98359372171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzzxtl.com/UploadFile/file/20210625134433029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e16bf33fb70f07eb3f8def8102ce23e/82045130758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.salac.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38611155709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3uegm3q9a03b9qmf5u3eqrs73/93633377480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pierrevillers.fr/mairie_files/file/pivezeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yar-net.ru/userfiles/file/telosuwubojuzibir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=another+word+for+judgePDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a5c01e065a8c7e3ad7f0a4d26bc14d4/simir.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_off0000f521.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF521 18408 bytes
SHA-256: 8f98f528b9b5e6faf383d812aa771095b135d836f924fa3085b65ec0b4b6f522
font_01_sfnt_off0001249a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1249A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013cb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CB1 10460 bytes
SHA-256: 1635b752a8466fcc7085fa34b2dd589f79a664ba95a5a83c341e29be3e5ab241