Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72dcb40ba83d4795…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-08-10 14:23:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0cbc8d4567078a13e7748f12bb7b91f2 SHA-1: 39d88ce3d371e7cc95814f52087a8164c5dfe3ba SHA-256: 72dcb40ba83d479502fb41410b8a2e8a3933e2d1660a8a5c912d7edb91116a95
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for further actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hobby+lobby+promo+code+for+sale+items PDF link annotation
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/916114f0e55c88a3a5b7d4e1e704832b/63557631938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/181cd7d99829b5d02919532cc097482e/tuwijukivojiwexumej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8dd60552f0---vuzixifajumifemozokunopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiastudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20267435143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.evisiontiendaonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/benuwupogakigumanimojagow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parbatsamajjapan.com/img/files/files/45506124183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baust.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65285514238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://controldellaves.com/app/webroot/arxius/file/kufuxeworuroxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/sirejurutuxesipopiguneta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987999a96af---pimesak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotronics.vn/userfiles/file/71510834879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed864d36b5---44470348840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58dcbe0fd7bbad7bd70ee1dfecc37b23/82686736271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csim.jp/ckeditor/uploads/files/dokoxesowazetez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9f4fec8d02b3b5a5940ab97f3875933/litobisogukom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioidahoacuong.com/uploads/image/files/bebebepupogekidijiluvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campermagazine.tv/public/file/520222906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161098a16b87ad---61631526869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837e8d854cf---24170907177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210718_710B9C9BEA1BF43A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogninja.com/userfiles/files/15129287553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c93180d429---zigobavesuzobiwusevixol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d2ef2e2d4729e8e91c6342ceb8955f9/59826042106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mudedufavugijebad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/bulapik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transport-vehicules.fr/userfiles/file/reganefonegas.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_off0000fb6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB6E 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 7d5ec8a115c2ac38f36357b606b18737ec9a51d280326ac1509266a3a0739b48
font_01_sfnt_off0001148a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1148A 18808 bytes
SHA-256: fe856aab9b5c052efc7ab995c395123f4d889ccfa132ce9c8af61d2ae1b48e18
font_02_sfnt_off000146d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1