Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73e7ae017bf10786…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.9 KB Created: 2021-07-15 14:35:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 21b0da277206ecb0859c76498470ecf3 SHA-1: 34d32c854cc806c2f2613cf7fcd12074cc78045c SHA-256: 73e7ae017bf10786c11d83e2ce2bf91757c82241c2886d621e124ee598160c71
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to direct users to malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mrs+doubtfire+the+musical
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9v851s9413refois1hgkis5v4p/zorumanixisowifinuj.pdf
    • http://autowagon.it/userfiles/files/gepem.pdf
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c728969718---52097417160.pdf
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160915b013efff---80698124588.pdf
    • http://geobigoni.it/userfiles/files/kawawesagide.pdf
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baf38dcead6---70195735328.pdf
    • http://dlevitin.ru/fck_editor_files/files/78216483166.pdf
    • http://billedbutikken.dk/articlefiles/file/67577808921.pdf
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48c1a8eef892bb42268aa947a66ebe39/39924633775.pdf
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99p2t76it7s18cqnqcttv8jo5d/37274554857.pdf
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10048645acbeec8becd21400fd593998/70606090531.pdf
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/53036935399.pdf
    • http://lltsg.com/uploadfile/file///2021060402594210.pdf
    • http://stolocatering.ca/clients/874514/File/nemato.pdf
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec417feeb92---duwalatizede.pdf
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ah88pgl7e6ov21l0trduf47n02/mugodikezofusaje.pdf
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3efd0d8a9d53b03c346a9306c33d84ab/wiritovemurixemozakimixix.pdf
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee8dadc8ca2---wifakenavivogijawe.pdf
    • https://polandpools.com/contents//files/19394877685.pdf
    • http://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/14151168020.pdf
    • https://viboot.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ketobawosugitoramuru.pdf
    • http://www.reenactmentmarket.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/jafubadojuwax.pdf
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/soxobegopatilamo.pdf
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a322fcaec591a42663ff864162c3e665/18746388193.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011c64.bin
1e6ff1f9ebfc0a644d52aa31ba0fcabb5d7ee9a8e44ee0b2485e014ca7ba5436
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C64 20604 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00014fa7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FA7 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000167be.bin
8828ac850891763f32b2fbecf27b093a7e0258bc7e85e6935ccf89d1c1ce312f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x167BE 10872 bytes