Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73a3f750694fb89c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 10:33:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: ef60170bf00fc4896412873416197b97 SHA-1: da139e07042a0efa4ef206f83691a1e9374239b1 SHA-256: 73a3f750694fb89cfea9699217924a39b74105673ddbe4a7ca3b70dcaad5fee3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, flagging it as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised websites and disposable hosting, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malware or engaging in phishing activities. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics strongly suggests a malicious intent to redirect users to harmful content.

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=despicable+me+2+online+full+movie PDF link annotation
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/wumajalud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahattinburyan.com/userfiles/file/nisetemofadeziruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c01cbf154c2---mofapekuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072feb159beb---nufonenojunakelasusem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090a786765d2---nogebosenomazetuvajefil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e03991914---61497484623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7o4g30t0rr6ipc0pac06m4q0p2/digowimejotazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ec05ef3074f704a7fa33c8d141afdbb/98518162678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vannordenvastgoed.nl/userfiles/file/86489394407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f43cf12d11---97953887424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b454e4a011bc2f9b3ee0a043f7914eb/96372442194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01836e6af47a21abff4d7c8c1015c4c3/jejunol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6df558ae3fca57b0052d44e03e79b38/67077408412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjccnc.com/upload/files/lovagonafevagov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609015b9d13ef---mulujodaxobaxedutegoseso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3826306949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webursitet.org/Files/file/48585483818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f086ece43a---wepevozafebipat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r2r1ijls9dvksfj9vv35gb9nc5/7524288662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k9v91cb88f0s74rpau7buf58vl/63202439105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/43223566874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce1af21325---74898082303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kryotherapie.net/neu/userfiles/file/74662930985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42ce0ib44419jmtcph6nugqau8/mitel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5iioi8vcv5635d55g0hic8b745/lozotenulav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8a0a5b5a937e7c5b9cb5625463fd7f6/lidejiso.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_off0000f35f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF35F 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 3c8568dab51d0e70bca856f41b52aebf35d3a28c3371d16d1d6dc25c2867ec6b
font_01_sfnt_off00010c58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C58 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001246a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1246A 17096 bytes
SHA-256: 89aea46979c92b216252e30c5b826aa0ad607efc8c090e11c9c32e576c56f91b