Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72eb61100709e388…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:06:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 663175149247934bffe96cbe378823b9 SHA-1: 6773281042aa324662ef571cb2863bf19fe557eb SHA-256: 72eb61100709e388ab32c65ec4a2c0751bb78cdbdb261e3255cd3e0f03b69d56
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content under the guise of a free converter. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest a potential for JavaScript execution or further payload delivery, aligning with common phishing and malware distribution techniques.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210501032614176.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dambi.pl/userfiles/file/bumef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eldorado777.ro/upload/editor/file/41858633889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsara.ru/userfiles/file/xizadinise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/xadegakujap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocquyhiem.com/userfiles/image/file/64528628732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontiermyanmar.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91902775887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c890bd6a277890717f69d6d058336f2/dalojar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ticketsperiodico.com/galeria/files/dolidil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f14905dba---43993808752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtecommerce.it/public/news/file/4026265367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c03feda5975---44685376003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdfdc6d68318fe3c747f60e3bb628ca5/xibikuzusofulujupibanetus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbagencement.fr/uploads/file/13389989990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uci.ir/userfiles/file/degemironasofimow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macro-e.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/88618074396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.lv/pictures/image/dubigisowawajeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/logejajubusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carriewoodfamily.com/clients/5/5b/5b9f2fb360c4065436fb7fe1267c3612/File/5749305103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf0f8v94q1get9eqtj2ltq8mh0/81091272004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2a69be9936---lobidezifinebuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaisonland.vn/upload/files/nazux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.euro-fly.eu/userfiles/files/11823546571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c21bc84cf98---8440764928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukdirectremovals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fef740656e5c2ae90009f3dfcdd259e2/49658752134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=free+powerpoint+to+pdf+converter+onlinePDF 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_off0000ddd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDD4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5EB 10412 bytes
SHA-256: b6a9064da0d9b3ccefd6bb3ed6dd45fa3b2d216eced4c0d011bcdd3d857ed0af
font_02_sfnt_off00010d98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D98 17616 bytes
SHA-256: 2f19ee5ecf81ec374d45a6ff0fdb48e90900c1866aad028049a36a23388023e4