Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72d4a5e66ce42287…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-13 16:03:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d4235da350f61b928b17e8762f2297df SHA-1: e85689ed9c25a0485e8147cc44366cce333eecdd SHA-256: 72d4a5e66ce42287a927d27ca2e7de9be4046059dd5e64aecb3d8b3fcab8be2f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, evidenced by numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive link farm suggests a phishing or content-luring attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=beeswax+melting+temperature PDF link annotation
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b7d3a60d9e---puganowikulokoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68274695411c1be1ec9c5775c7305901/dotemive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d53719183d---buzenabafuzejanomifug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvhs1980reunion.com/clients/e/e5/e5e9f74eb83211af097e98bf68d59c4c/File/57298362654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pdww.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40173069177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba1fc87789a---dufud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/viph5roolc6o4u9oen7cr83n57/20918100858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnyras.lt/Files/file/91587170125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1065a4dc8366f7d9f3e931b320904356/kitikewibojosatif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manenshop.com/upload/files/12192502095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60778767035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tillmanfamilyreunion.com/clients/b/b7/b7385abc5988d1ee605fea7695e3d00e/File/gabeperofik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097339d7856e---23670798339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1066f71a3487b0959077b66c27895c26/mumode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tipresentoio.it/images/file/1077437461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/57802946141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redfordunion70.com/clients/869360/File/28107156104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-yoga.org/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210504071946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e22fa8a7f2---tapozipudurefama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russia-ex.com/73031201301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebbgps2q4tjbd3ae9oshh1uln2/pufuberosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsup.co.th/uploads/ckfinder/files/3944759862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dunaweb.co/bg_image/files/tavukofapeluzaretupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/ludipemupeletamusibigid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traviet36.com/upload/files/69457997201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/zuranu.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_off0000f9c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9C5 10816 bytes
SHA-256: c700554885061639337ec78c46577ea79aff07fe2c70986c01f6a1d1d3eed1aa
font_01_sfnt_off000112c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112C2 16980 bytes
SHA-256: f3b756e13c73b3c31297783a57657b449d9cd1368948acb81bd410737f638160
font_02_sfnt_off00013f46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F46 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1