Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f72cb5d28bea771…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-09-15 16:05:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ef9fd80abd5dc041f97fe8d8f12b72f0 SHA-1: 122dc067a4644fc1f2338b3d01c76e8d047f5fab SHA-256: 8f72cb5d28bea771575ddf824f90ce88bc6c82b65bbc9ca24338bbe3b8e7b4eb
164 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. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of JavaScript indicates potential for further malicious actions beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=watch+hsmtmts+for+free PDF link annotation
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a5b1474562e9242b53b915f6c172168/wavezogilamewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161351fbbd9ac7---81963828627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sooryasales.com/uploads/file/didux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/184d64ea24a64efd31d10fd4a0fab29a/sibivefevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petala.gr/userfiles/file/72909194912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duetsepolno.pl/userfiles/file/50646887296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albertoangel.sinecsas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73036569254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70616ccea646de1498d0913e3af0bc27/febogukovuzumenogumejetag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiaranannini.com/userfiles/files/59156872283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detectiveoffice.net/userfiles/file/lenabumopubazonefujakuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rimini-portal.de/bilderarchiv/file/64933218799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p75bjn9jvllv64or2a9v0du3tn/xebojitogasogezasagiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d183151d98---11744768069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recrute.fr/files/files/44777811559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vokalensemble-vocembalo.ch/userfiles/file/28799160963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dfcc03d2fa---wizabojabofabonugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iphonerepairservice.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/32124440821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neurondevelopment.org/userfiles/file/gatozoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longbienco.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poropozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ochoadentalcare.com/tacgestorcontenidos_ochoa/documentos/file/In PDF document text
    • http://timocomputer.cz/files/file/bovasowiloko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://articolo17.it/siti/usr/foto/files/raxitakafasokuxerenovifis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elskenecologie.nl/files/zowudek.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_off0000f50e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF50E 18760 bytes
SHA-256: 37de5f93f71d3bebea594501eaa34242a3be6bc97e47645c86813397d64be8c0
font_01_sfnt_off000125e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013df9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DF9 10352 bytes
SHA-256: 6f3529ae6f6b642ec50877f2052f041cc78251e57a88629a1e42f71efefd635d