Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73bd9cf2909014e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.0 KB Created: 2021-07-29 14:43:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 1c004486b51aa53a9d9ff3f6cea273bc SHA-1: 85cfd417d7c75462996c9e623ca86e5dfdde37ba SHA-256: 73bd9cf2909014e927489e36a7287fd005cac8ea142755e5211e88ee4582ace3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. ClamAV and ML classifiers also flagged this PDF as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the embedded links suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=why+is+my+nespresso+milk+frother+not+heating PDF link annotation
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1865a1b67---bofuwulezafebizite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9b9c318e62---dopaxogilalokamoxisozadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/966497d3c3dc0114c58b1189f54ea793/xewusafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4cd4c84b6---95298736857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamekatus.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/37283008221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d696817f00---93596893790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/fosaloguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071dc3f6734c---sotibuxixelevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/gonikipopumiluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0696dbc602---917788503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intertexmedical.com/userfiles/files/lojad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2948495c92f6b02b9a25b600df8b8bb/97738525391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carsongrad75.com/clients/3/35/35717660c32d3dd9b0ffde8f33a19d23/File/gozutugedezuzekuragi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d99d8cd84a6---41118086064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076051d03fda---sivijibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsfinancialconsulting.com/userfiles/file/gikalalirukusokawoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/80113259598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atomleasing.ru/media/File/moworamuruvudanaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fcad479b5de240c6a1dfb294002bcf3/kuwegibuzuzapowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ub9779tnd88r985an95tamqobf/xelanofifem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibangthuaphatlai.net/uploads/files/75683838208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b951930b008a192205698cdb26ead5bd/32040491804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dagmar-e.de/userfiles/file/wegemotawekimaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9333998013---debaruporaso.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_off000111e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000129fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129FB 11004 bytes
SHA-256: d9e11ebb6aaeda0694a820c24f921d250c730631e32d14258cd419a026210749
font_02_sfnt_off0001435d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1435D 17372 bytes
SHA-256: e391c3473ce609b96d7327cd8a6d5642b88c591ac9b4d05e49f24e26d0921cd6