Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73751cf88d7cc614…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-07-01 15:58:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 4badf75b01f22891f12c4cdf3214db33 SHA-1: d7c96b9fc906b14524c4707d1e8e5e8a00d9ef59 SHA-256: 73751cf88d7cc61401cc849e2be2dd36c85292ba94ca47e0c4e05bfe768cf028
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or content-luring scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery, likely via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wind+up+merchant+meaning PDF link annotation
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb84a96472c---xisetereg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072766c89acf---xifozevasudepizazinen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/kotibanititowikilil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.eu/userfiles/file/netujafovedenuwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/83188125585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e00eba4bb0---31759617406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-pasz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zikapezada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8697e4f0b---navujazewoketevamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0b98409a8---56711565858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c59b727c0a8---29943943490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lk8n3t153jp907ag76r6qeh52o/xawubasalagugifulim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-olomouc.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kitubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085490c0209b---2437701066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708c17be039---96896742334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d6cb14f3afe3478da64f77e247d2195/wokewuxofulaxumafoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riggi.ru/userfiles/file/penapikiworitiduve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d276568e8---betuwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amirafouad.com/uploaded_files/file/39378945745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prime42.ru/userfiles/files/29741966422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fe9bc3043392fe7dec00bf15ef65748/15762127847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industriefotografie.ch/userfiles/files/86147432627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flatadministration.com/uploades/fckeditorfile/bazuninam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/id6n97ur1r1nujatoa70odggnl/xerixapanedoziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739f9f67452---givukijenirevisagobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hataylezzeti.com/resimler/files/67433771683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b485e3750---ruwuxubil.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_off0000f0a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0A1 10720 bytes
SHA-256: cfaf84c7fa8ad9e5990379ef619a7f73b0d3946d3b1815b041b17a4c3282412f
font_01_sfnt_off000108d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108D1 18048 bytes
SHA-256: d7796421a4317ffe5450bb5df2dde6e2d9342e28655a119f24e63d3b315cab8b
font_02_sfnt_off000137e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1