Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73a4bf170cc28102…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.4 KB Created: 2021-08-09 18:13:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: affe11e612454a94a1b4ecf51d5ac769 SHA-1: 6880cbf46e505f6ce5baa8a853bfc1f6313ea610 SHA-256: 73a4bf170cc281027b575f1ddf2e11caf60c6b0f2f545180a78917f32ec054e2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, likely intended to lure users to malicious content. The presence of multiple links on potentially compromised CMS upload directories suggests an effort to obscure the true destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/filuwetudusevitog.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mnogonomerov.ru/uploads/file/74775484556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd12698024d---46189061572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbd8eb058fd---jirilovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79eqral4693r7i0p3r37m5gdok/vapof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzzxtl.com/UploadFile/file/20210724103426009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muskogeeroughers1967.com/clients/9/98/9899c641331876fb313f08ec475a0443/File/53861164545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743ad79a98b---2919663361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e929872b620---3101665329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/261pordd60hme8ju863hel0lg9/90371106643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/73302730743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/051552087511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdd573cb2d4---jotegudenezomusesorarun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f60c07f850ec3a0a9a0155210e167a9b/39231206234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repare-ton-smartphone.com/userfiles/file/kifowijimirof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f91a680b94c88ca3f209c1718421df3/donowojagulobosetolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db956d4c9e8---togegemuvuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsforwarriors.org/userfiles/files/pisukaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aviatroglo.fr/IMG/file/71254354941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekttorun.pl/pliki/57730813049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/kanisagedapamanidelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbd9397d809adf3e677f9cbbdcd5d61e/bujapanuninelikogajiredoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c307d119a2f---88850896120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a1279962c---baribadawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cs6v27lvausaqnfcohoh31bpo7/lidokumeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=brag+sheet+template+pdfPDF 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_off00012484.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12484 16864 bytes
SHA-256: a6e0f4c9b646046fe29c2a63b0e1f2252c5548d6b6154a1eb2978c0e1e23d310
font_01_sfnt_off00015051.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15051 10680 bytes
SHA-256: cd5bc234700879606964df253196c78ee64d2acbc2d334a79149af1b4c5106e5
font_02_sfnt_off000168a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x168A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1