Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73252a9466a03390…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.3 KB Created: 2021-07-14 02:14:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: aa194bf822a99fa2268379501dbdba98 SHA-1: 0a499c15379ab8a37f462025aec1983270aeb76a SHA-256: 73252a9466a03390f2eedb92c7903883581133408212542bdf55a11b95e136e0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file that contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host malicious payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of multiple external URIs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=activate+your+grammar+and+vocabulary+b2+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838d3430515---bijimepozerib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826a07c6eca---lefudefenezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroear.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76366326264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ac-kenigsberg.ru/files/file/8946917744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079cd8c093e2---90203129216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0bffa70f82---lipuzibonuvesopevigamad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://workinhotel.com/upload/fckfile/31032533273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itacademyindia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sulujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/46025404235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1677959800---xenukegivupakesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.truca-taoules.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/73605907428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlukesmn.org/clients/17773/File/doxotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocchame.vn/app/webroot/img/uploads/files/93303413697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c8369a7a4b1edd4135b6c5ffef49d61/38648329839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ia3rpve50qhc05l63eklun8lfb/tuwekaronep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b334ce6e02e2d931f8640a1f82b9450/97381984678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tele-video.ru/upload/files/xifekemabavufif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interel-rus.ru/test/sites/default/files/file/86082321453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/981299435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmms-online.com/assets/file/zorolututemileveweno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ainut.fi/userfiles/file/gufekexigasewap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074ae0f1697e---josunadudofumezetomefowaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cl4iahhmskkq5fqsor627i7k7f/jutikupiwilixawepuke.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_off000145d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145D4 11320 bytes
SHA-256: 485b3d12b40c1a300547bd313ecec15299bdaab2e2916856398e10672f5f4efa
font_01_sfnt_off00016064.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16064 19856 bytes
SHA-256: 4973f22ca10973a89edfdc792c443561d540ac54ade7a9aed6696b11990a06e8
font_02_sfnt_off000193a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x193A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1