Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72b9730b03d3b44a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:21:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e3fc099b5940307a985a679fccc69617 SHA-1: 73eb48b3f08b9bcfe4e567bb1c1d40ace3daebb9 SHA-256: 72b9730b03d3b44a1d52c2bb1a514d20e289ce9f8ecf92378dfe4cac782d0b9c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of creating numerous links on distinct hosts, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the execution of JavaScript to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://thefertilizerproductionline.com/d/files/tokile.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ride.hu/images/uploads/files/medaperasufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuclubcr.com/campannas/file/78114024834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e636da360977f2835f0ab6c751d50d85/88437961600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheumatology.institute/upload/content/file/rijiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randalljroutson.com/clients/44711/File/gamafedomukujisatobepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotararicedo.ro/files/files/nuralebofomumibanezuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carzip.biz/files/uploads/files/50210070353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carmelocuritiba.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20528979567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lussoleathertiles.com/test4/EDITOR/example/v2/userfiles/file/kidadaxuzubudepogal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--vb0b83rba554gca.kr/page_data/file/20210715213210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1960whs.com/clients/7/73/73384dfd0d582a2861cf356c55c3c578/File/weleli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bartuceviri.com/userfiles/file/manadufuwibimebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asokmontridental.com/userfiles/file/minilani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/fuxogabej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahubunting1.com/contents//files/jefejetuvigavifovadasav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcce725a96855bf25f4c7b4e0e9a0cd6/zanalatudiwujemit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwfinlay.com/uploads/files/77363887783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciccioinpentola.com/userfiles/files/nulugifatoruvokaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traiteur-ribot.fr/userfiles/file/lejerexotoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alitec.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xugosujexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160954e3b238c1---barivalupunosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsprojekt.eu/userfiles/files/52857816634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=simile+metaphor+worksheet+pdfPDF 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_off0000ed25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED25 18456 bytes
SHA-256: 81f3740d935cee94463db302d6970ce28417b948cf535c572d8a746521c359c4
font_01_sfnt_off00011cc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CC9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000134e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134E0 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 501edf00f44d70c4ceb867f141a6a952197fd87ed0567efbb36ca4c371f1533b

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