Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72b704084682c1b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.0 KB Created: 2021-08-05 19:18:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a8ea53a0c9b5c40319f1699f267e8918 SHA-1: 3a0d4b5e9b4f903286cd00e4397dc22961e508b3 SHA-256: 72b704084682c1b3f85156bb2147fb430815ef6eb2cae45392c44b48fd6e683d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The document contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a visual download button further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9875

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=9th+class+biology+book+punjab+textbook+board+in+urdu+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://reclameindex.nl/images/uploads/fifudexojireripofuwan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610822b90f430---vinugimazakefadegome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1c5d6a4e93b78412b2a15d3187ebc40/48107872683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771ff54612b---xorugonujona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pisangmanis.com/contents//files/wotebawafexedeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doreenindiatours.com/userfiles/file/40491756566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duoctruongxuan.vn/userfiles/image/file/13242897351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattress-leader.com/media/gasuvobalijolemosovojapef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57849414b022e8c4637ff88290e509c6/wemegofanor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balassalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/87207868690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608826d221f38---tugefazenenirupiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5db60134c2783b61a99117c90e1fb812/44001797885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f980e29a64---59436138674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a7e92276a---funetozotaxokafebolowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/gisegugananir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soldresold.com/Shradhdha-Mehra/soldresold/final/ckeditorimage/files/93597105877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e304ac68d23197cafe0be80bd1289bd/dimanesofojeman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://murtenhof.ch/userfiles/files/juduwofulojururaratel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c6dba8fb1---befizivejusilanunuxufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwtcs.org/Content/uploads/files/59031197257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhadatv.com/webroot/img/files/62785706065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608247568d0c7---fabitowuwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jooli.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71134484947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reedxtrainternational.com/uploads/pages/file/37938568423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wisserarm.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/39353347390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864f55632db---fenejofivujuvepomigaf.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_off00011610.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11610 11648 bytes
SHA-256: 88eed701d01b3e7db8596d7246e9d7a7d7a1cb951c9535d78b61ec5f4d6847b7
font_01_sfnt_off0001315a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1315A 19064 bytes
SHA-256: f4400b24337853b2f0f2747006448ed3b0f2fd2d8bef5a97eb775ead1c19da63
font_02_sfnt_off0001619a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1619A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1