Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72e36cce7495b0c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 22:04:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b27fe52b1cc94965504d401279a54269 SHA-1: 3dc8058e92b4b1ecbac957c8c86fb7f391fb3837 SHA-256: 72e36cce7495b0c68885a89d2e1ea98efa9080329978b621d0f27f69a6b83d00
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 WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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.
  • 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://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44hu0us5932lub4sjbme661ffh/delurodenapo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.eu/app/webroot/uploads/file/16213652564884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichgiahy.com/upload/file/53945337205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fct8ml6mwue.tw/uploads/files/12995813359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5ceaccb6f6c5c5177675ca56fcc60bb/riboselunetaxesevin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e99a169bjfl7dp20m4i1d9cs5/vapilatajukupaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/pexibudox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naucseto.cz/storage/tuduvani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e5176ecc0---beduzukadasuwez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magogaralbamoble.com/galeria/files/31256429520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonkmp.nl/img/cms/file/pufinej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d10f8196d---29945029542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamax-motor.cz/data/dokumenty/sexoboliwujar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiaohecollege.com/d/files/pulaguwiziroguwuvumujawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5be75159c9e3abe02051a10f47b5a096/77571525632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab7bb3e5a4c---74973775366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072747ed8ffa---97494619239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntpuvoice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80382379173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce93accb5fb---rukunegomedijupokaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://londonjip.com/userData/board/file/4046106911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e24555dc0d---66727189906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=the+office+stream+usPDF 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_off0000d618.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD618 17412 bytes
SHA-256: f75a4fbde55af8fe90475959264f1c0be56e7d2743f0678e6a773cfd960471ab
font_01_sfnt_off00010349.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10349 10512 bytes
SHA-256: a752081bc412fceea8c7cb804ef66156ded646c4c17f2ddb5efb2fa735fea273
font_02_sfnt_off00011b51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B51 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1