Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73eb77482278dd2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 17:02:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: d4ab617b4799c82451d9ec6f27f24600 SHA-1: acbba2195c0ff57b286c08c328966316f91aa0c3 SHA-256: 73eb77482278dd2b89bcea318bd806a2e398aa9e1bc3593a9756a125b3295571
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, identified by heuristics as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9794

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.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e48776188e---91013158951.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13457e4539af1e16df730e5b71f913cb/86308402409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5ar177d5ab57qav70jj6mco03/93174351605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/14316297120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca7e328513---13451572071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160877a692d0d9---93562883760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vienkiemis.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/malimemugorutadixuwomog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a559310dbb3---zonagakozapitomaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a607f5ce529---98405138356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78vit3h04p77vt71mvcf9gcko1/45012449279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/dojisolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alumcity.ru/userfiles/file/mumemexufavej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.info/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///99094749308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c76e90426---44553677499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/48022581951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32398ba1e6029c45d8dbb7c7fd89f829/56462346558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gomientrung.vn/uploads/image/files/butibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hmo29sqiag547qg567bre3qvpb/34776314986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd8183b9f55---nizobedutevuzakuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobraukraina.org/sites/all/sites/dobraukraina.org/files/31590336586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhfmjournal.com/data/22/2/55/64/2544879/user/2788947/htdocs/userfiles/file/lofizokeredesugegimuxijor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8eab82e2a8---54893007579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacnsuaa.com/clients/4/49/49ab1acc6c62b5a39110d621a19f71c0/File/nazorupamegijilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.analfissur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d195d083a---xixomefoximedojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/54420240708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=sme+interview+answersPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef4a2102a938beaba0cc3cb72038b7a3/bojowatonuzadi.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_off00015135.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15135 18112 bytes
SHA-256: aef17c23c3699a71af52662f168efbd1bfd2c8c7f262144684189169b0e5305e
font_01_sfnt_off00018083.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18083 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001989a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1989A 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 3f2b6f92145cfd49e4f32ffc407e022ac7d877d8e8af449bcb361e5e66656fd6