Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72f9bdb5d366776a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:49:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 30a0d7175c1ab43be61fd07788551740 SHA-1: 3b2e70426afff1a2a69ccf47f7a21c7000981845 SHA-256: 72f9bdb5d366776aadd5621018b65cc30c16b0bdfdd0deec191fa87743ae27d6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including being image-heavy with minimal text and containing numerous links to external sites, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to external URLs, likely for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker 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.
  • 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 http://appletechsolutions.com/userfiles/file/95468862169.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://uralinteh.com/uploads/files/49020693662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvuketoansg.com/luutru/files/radexoridopubinifusavuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0746604a4---nikijudavaludideker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/maserowowaxolilojoromap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/875d7ff62f3a948c23a3441ac5ac885a/35876523718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k7f31g8lvcq2fslh8ushf24pmp/88174872953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imotrading.com/images/userfiles/90570882183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capthepcongtrinh.com/uploads/news/files/kijofijefotatepowas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pjkconstruction.ca/images/file/35591223424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://373113.linker.tw/files/jenezatigizotenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markeishahall.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80900bad932ee0027d49b008a53000b0/36253301636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/40713070796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vswet.ru/f/90617729519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092db96cfc90---nikowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viveironativodevicosa.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98392803011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bg9fk2okggvnh19sun2ni9j5b6/12391018697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6rnhio73qa0n8vptvgdlfcscir/bodewubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989f47c9978---vikijutakipaneworogew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733650b9d46---gexipetodar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c07f46f2af0---33150322627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floral-design-lindgens.de/userfiles/file/fosuvadejegowujeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39sb283rn2ohtvg1jb3u2do32l/56380911234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=measures+of+central+tendency+grouped+data+worksheet+with+answersPDF 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_off0000b33f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB33F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB51 13716 bytes
SHA-256: 56798c3e76ea2f3ebd73395d571029a7476521e2ddac788071106086ee1efdb0
font_02_sfnt_off0000ecf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECF0 11284 bytes
SHA-256: a74039061534c6170b176342fd5c1de475830a1d2baaa55cb6100a0d047d7bcc