Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73fd6a0de7bcfd19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:03:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f8cd8835d4924d57c750b83712edf966 SHA-1: 5c3ced5823b52496fa00e0db608198104e5adcd8 SHA-256: 73fd6a0de7bcfd1989d8cbf9c457601f5bb74e326bd2a743f4bbb77d67622d17
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. While no scripts were extracted, the presence of numerous unknown URLs suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://skulpt.in/admin/uploads/file/vupozofazivubej.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://a-swiss.com/upload/userfiles/file/72751054542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encoregallery.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/157cebc51f68efde13b259766fc264f7/fejanawowamelazifisesanig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/segositokojuzazanagolab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2389335b7b---4253421981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eco-versute.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93496888096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosewoodcity.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/monijanutaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viveironativodevicosa.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96806105047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/429i49pg0evrj38ejuajcb9hc9/rupukujorudovodojikufex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/36849873099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce5cd9943f---69160561028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3nhk51id0t5l5tgj9vkanuck0/towujapadonawenav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar2.com/contents//files/diwafutejupuzagifezasuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d425a79eba---68519371600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/bavuniku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c916deec2f5---lerikakamawika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gldbirdgel.com/user_img/files/wejozeguwimomonojesada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/junolofesega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kqik2t1pc8g9abq9tnauimv2sj/55090639911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/xiwutasikativuzozubozuzen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/gosev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9614d4c9a8---21975727477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd96fe2f006---52295490872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=ruckus+r700+access+point+manualPDF 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_off0000f16d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF16D 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 567a03c33e110357e43963b6aa9429bf77ce377572003f78b4d80a008ed9487c
font_01_sfnt_off00010ade.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ADE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122F0 18756 bytes
SHA-256: 81e68c070f2c9ec343eda8f495a5358ff8fed2065c02585726684beec5c5310b