Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73cf200293d983d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:52:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f395f9f1a7366f89340c796a819b4733 SHA-1: 8b5645ffa5e7dd01c7c765524a7ed3e80b6d0de6 SHA-256: 73cf200293d983d12029b9f7981880f49d629d190f30c173f61382fd6222ceac
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high probability of malicious intent. The heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/83407476715.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://drxzhang.com/userfiles/file/85020872140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4931f3f08---10635110738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ismart99.net/upload/files/pinilejetuparojenudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surtek.biz/image/files/20150121_132909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushi-belovo.ru/files/nadotojowotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamolenasnc.it/userfiles/files/39191758794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0d4c8d95e5f2e6c312a88cb4579c12c/pekigenudelijinixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e2e9e406d4---64258182041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160828225d9a66---44027102977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elsadaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zavaraluloverufesutef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/71620509811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coyada.com/up_images/up_images/povewatiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tbfaac14hj3crbsjadpbdtsddf/79479624150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66574e727040bf56630d80bff40aa3ac/rolajuvafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinag7furniture.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/difilefukawutemokosixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-shodnya.ru/upload_picture/file/45239455057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/vewolipazidopuzizusotuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jysfh.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-16/20210816232619483331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talk200.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/dumanaripilurawama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podiummagazinenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65050810027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/semotugasubaratuwemadodes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starrsgazette.com/admin/images/file/65735922516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.campacinter.com/image/upload/File/luxakezawamepur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1b8bd33737---73619002724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=intellectualization+of+filipino+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_off0000d116.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD116 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e92d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE92D 10456 bytes
SHA-256: 7b5fc190fc0f22117dbd97bb8392b2242d97152a2447c6053e77dd54e6732239
font_02_sfnt_off00010103.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10103 17548 bytes
SHA-256: 4546a4207d7cd3b8da63e4afd115e4566a02038b82cd878dcabd78abd86ce897