Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72e0d67ee465474b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-07-19 04:03:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 5d32e3b61de1dd5a5aa6eb34b41cb1cd SHA-1: ff6ee521028366ea83e4406d626fd79f106c1f0b SHA-256: 72e0d67ee465474bcad622aaee45913466710ea685893f35c5b71548ec3b927a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as link farms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users into clicking links that lead to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://bawwabatrizq.com/userfiles/file/dimabubujidapuxap.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/mizupumubufeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b96587a58---24399405315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acbcfuseg67g2sq64hfavlgl50/dejesibanijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/pujazaxusinonaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-3/20210503095911538241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb4faa35d5366c31bd295011e02d5c2b/duneliwajisafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/wowirijafapepurafumix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhxndl.com/uploadfiles/files/66803542465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798e873af7e---bafovepibubikuxijano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevimticaret.net/userfiles/file/nuvezudalijubuzidaxufebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0349d6c0a---xefewapivopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://craftsmancuttingdies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f66c56acc2db3b3f593517e44a7b402d/sudutetazanukidezezepurus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehs1958.org/clients/73155/File/weluzibiworosafetawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75d07e38ce2f8f72b6e9a5f3131161d5/deligezujojesitukekapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-journal.com/media/file/dafopabuxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d27gq858gi5rnmv58tpoj30ov1/32876689699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/blg0m4b0k74hslcb16biccr2mh/2336103865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fcf54ac746d989a4e44df065e970c7e/joropowibode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608704e0cc1e8---jodirozam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03e59207ca---tifuritetasowirixefijote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00886v0irscd316ppm88vv3qs6/55366052563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandraharris.com/clients/36054/File/91992031193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benardoutlite.com/admin/fckeditor/fckdata/file/42463667260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=lump+on+right+side+of+neck+no+painPDF 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_off0000ea83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA83 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 4a145d70b170cf929a9094b91f2967bb3cb15a23508253218b7fb4fa472fff71
font_01_sfnt_off0001043f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1043F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C51 16108 bytes
SHA-256: 3bc8459b329cd77a4abb410ba9d0d490d89aa11cc3aa496f320e4a9105d0d8d5