Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72e4d807a6e36753…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:31:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 54f631912c0caa2bcd4f4a2a2edcb7fb SHA-1: 15b0e027840fccdd255be8ed8baac2ebb7a96589 SHA-256: 72e4d807a6e36753d29248d513ed9f820d34de9fa4172c87eb0879fb377e5592
156 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 or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The file's structure and numerous external links align with techniques used to obscure the true destination and evade initial detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=levels+of+measurement+statistics+worksheet
    • http://faradbox.pl/files/file/67703238117.pdf
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c960645e8f825fef6a2b5dd13c7043b/50497319828.pdf
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/78182890729.pdf
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7543a17572534ccc926e8072c0517954/toxajaranigitusa.pdf
    • http://accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70069386745.pdf
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8699adc4e53f13ee511b397a1569796/99990239472.pdf
    • http://vo23.ru/upload/file/18992922062.pdf
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6927cc65f7de511bcb18241f0dfeed3/60110233956.pdf
    • http://xn--b1agjlwjc3g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fupejovogof.pdf
    • http://thegroverestaurantnj.com/userfiles/files/35034938500.pdf
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7476d435dc---97487403747.pdf
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u48c0itudkjn919e84tupcqrh1/divexebovoz.pdf
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609081e654f48---zugokumabojijome.pdf
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e170318c4f---zakul.pdf
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160734bec4b364---duputotuvariri.pdf
    • http://puppiesulove.com/clients/7/7f/7fa6d7836ea929643a3c23f4562b158d/File/fabav.pdf
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42a7a7b747---faridarijododijel.pdf
    • http://tourbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210803_37A352FDC8CC2C94.pdf
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48267107da---71487623688.pdf
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b5bc58f0b09f2510b041f073cdccf32/11283683811.pdf
    • https://robertbah.si/files/file/50069242753.pdf
    • http://gyobel.itpublic/file/42710065622.pdf
    • https://global-product.org/CKEdit/upload/files/piwikosijetawaj.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d5dc.bin
8636b360b7e50b0f1673c80648b2f785781acdb57d4f8e2fcb4e7c8c756c12f0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5DC 10904 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef01.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF01 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010713.bin
5786ecfa839c60b351ccb3ae1774bdd6f516cd2c833c0501e1b396a12fad2928
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10713 17144 bytes