Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73437c9fe9d1b19d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:07:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5df7ae90a5b54162c1b7a890573cf0c7 SHA-1: 569a9ec15690ad6f8ce4c57c39a3c2ca3bcf7dd2 SHA-256: 73437c9fe9d1b19dd2eb11ae7a9c40292ff9cb0d906dc04931e0c37b851b6148
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a pattern of hosting malicious content on disposable or compromised domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d029110954---2659628752.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/surika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7fc185756f---voteboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simmsfamilyreunion.com/clients/9/98/98d47f1658d09d39d77ba56043454c9c/File/93361309175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d40df6036e---xiruredo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f33308d20---57732437713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imssp.by/data/images/fxeditor/file/bifojogigerikikuwuveta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oreopay57.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86302040842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zgic.ru/!upload/files/penelusitubaxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpk.hu/_user/file/mebazog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d88d7b7b6ddde783755c8823f1142c1/38765007203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aedelsur.com/contenido/files/wugifaruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fe489f01ba---58280262711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rizecanreklam.com/images/file/30682825872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrr71.ru/upload_picture/36589329927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pn-tech.net/userData/board/file/40286777331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledesmasportsmedicinesavannahcentury.com/clients/4/44/449a5b3489ef279447e90cf6cdd72f1c/File/zubimadinevafugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93dcd4de565e46b644815257f38735be/79545892104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085827a90ccd---rekat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31b780642aabf3e0d6aca4889d189acc/13149283776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipack.ru/content/file/wobutezovejedetidepomel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superfishinglewood.com/uploads/files/43849436918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+create+editable+pdf+in+adobe+acrobat+pro+dcPDF 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_off0000d198.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD198 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 59497e63aee3216bea84ff13271fbbbf4ec542cbafb4d5c679f3892c9e6bae45
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D7 17644 bytes
SHA-256: 0d8b0d6164e4937f13a1c0e29823887ec30cf34f945ba54ff3d03e03f93519b5
font_02_sfnt_off00011782.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11782 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1