Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72e973ff49c6ea70…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 10:33:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 619ed462baba7085981c897fb11148fd SHA-1: 87fd036510631e95aeba97cb01fc240ee33bb708 SHA-256: 72e973ff49c6ea70ea5adaa7981744deb49ed031e18f1f6106ca65861b726591
214 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, designed to lure users into downloading executable files. The heuristic 'PDF_REPEATED_PAYLOAD_LINK_LURE' specifically indicates that these invisible links are intended to deliver a payload, identified as 'pdfxvwer.exe'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm the malicious nature of this document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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
  • Invisible/repeated PDF links deliver payload file critical PDF_REPEATED_PAYLOAD_LINK_LURE
    PDF uses invisible link annotations and points to a direct payload download. Repeated invisible links or lure-like payload names such as document/unlock/verify archives match malware-delivery PDF carriers where the page is only a prompt and the real payload is fetched from the linked URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=program+files+tracker+software+pdf+viewer+pdfxvwer.exe In PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a052996d7da---85215202759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d3d652109b---zazedebitedowilemid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yakutiaprime.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/39170365886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://its-bulgaria.bg/files/file/37716246412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/46207280651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a24fd5c4f9e---naxezoboxidud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a5908e945---dosovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/18579065528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordineveterinarivenezia.eu/userfiles/files/72108899551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/tixezirasuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosadistanciayonline.com/medios/files/nijuwiwodexosawuzidatoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnc-soustruzeni.cz/files/file/32989510523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/300425401189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/moregomumidija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghinelliarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/70250725632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangrilatheshow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54099632994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ik37fr9ruvsiv6emh44gm1v86/21469121426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingchengs.com/jingchengs/ckfinder/files/20210807115312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd3233199d3d16eb32bdbc45bf4b7a6a/42261785139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epiphanych.com/images/file/solopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15fratrowreunion.com/clients/2/2b/2b18ccadde375fd95e9ac2d5db5aaa67/File/xadezuxijuputepepekutekuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c1f918092---popaferijuzupewudaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mytaylormadefamilyusa.com/clients/864113/File/nigoridepufafoberof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonhieutrung.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37842139234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/xikobuxised.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/62824941784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/numizusutonewelas.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_off0000c9c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9C4 11272 bytes
SHA-256: 25bc3ba960ac71cafa6ca24a5d75fe38de80434bf4cc4def824384a2a159f8a2
font_01_sfnt_off0000e42b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE42B 20404 bytes
SHA-256: 27fa67dacf50e3d2a3f0eef401305d539aa5cdc2074f71c2fb9d1771c5df003e
font_02_sfnt_off00011818.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11818 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1