Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73e009d265bdf632…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:03:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: acfccfd119c07479a02964b874610ffd SHA-1: f914e57c24edc2a6000994b0dc35d9bb1d63d194 SHA-256: 73e009d265bdf63244531c88107e12a467721a351e8f83110a52e028a0dddc5c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which host other PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URI heuristics and link farm indicators supports this conclusion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0dac7d3172---lezatukuvitilomodobiliga.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4ee07966fae98afc3569a2c91034881/93972787447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/olasonoviwupijetix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-edinstvo.ru/userfiles/file/65075422790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/romeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhs60to70.com/clients/3/32/32806278e47d7e4d905c37b1d6ebf04a/File/79708112921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netiko.fr/img/Data/file/wugizifudajolikebofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iominneapolis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e609d12758966f3ca2f2fbd1cd0b73e/57284105958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangphatdanang.com/uploads/image/files/84261793570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbotqa4e66pdhnussanbrpru19/34563109193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-p-fortune.com/userfiles/file/gonori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f37dda782---92398218041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sujitonweb.com/userfiles/files/41418395100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c0c24e9d6b---33130548998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/xubafivonolab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eluvial.com/sites/all/sites/eluvial.com/files/66651129106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f24fa0e065---jopudegomidarisitaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dogandemir.av.tr/paketler/ckfinder/dosyalar/files/9464617304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewaterdamagedfw.com/test/fckeditor/uploadfiles/file/gomizeniwojazizopogibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dee304a307440e3ec6ccb9c85661c93/86795815631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2abc469d511523586c976fa3ab8d226/80710171691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b278dff4e8fdd809609ae4bf0285287/29793835616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wolfpackbasketballacademy.com/content_docs/21431778406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=eye+bolt+din+580+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_off0000bec0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEC0 10760 bytes
SHA-256: c7c2bc07eed384adde4e37104728495f00b6ad8ddcdf22d13a4282e45b182710
font_01_sfnt_off0000d763.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD763 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF75 17856 bytes
SHA-256: f48709feb1434d2ed57b3482c54ecebb81be01b4a910c5ace4e91eb15331b357