Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b72d2a942e042252…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-07-15 16:33:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f731d8c26c684bf686e59f7848371b08 SHA-1: eef444edfc53e6161576def5d03777556b4cacdd SHA-256: b72d2a942e042252c03fa1712f68879765ba508c885447e314fc1f767c610fc8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm or redirection mechanism. The presence of external URIs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest this PDF is designed to lead users to malicious content or exploit kits hosted on these external domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c1f7d24df---8726008803.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nestaerospace.com/uploads/file/jarunijanodonepekaladi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7d512f31dd---53380655572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724f0cbc288---61685225142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce8a971e2a---renixizilokukijurujokifav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logiccpacma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66944881481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608049b6651f6---47325551170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3371466cc7---gubuneragitesiwexoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4k8d0kdkvttoiaqrm46shbefpf/18432235066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/viguduletogosaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abf0eeaf93089b407ca52370f98f0b25/24747475449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodori247.com/uploads/files/92238859905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/066f218ffd9815392365bb8877e343b1/83400899338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d81eac3b5c09b39beec66c09f05aa25b/zebogekubonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonfiremadigan.com/uploads/fckeditor/file/sejefivorufidegakiwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shosholoza.de/file/puwojorib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/59744473934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiancfea.org/userfiles/file/4005994640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0204fce7ce---sigozadudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b1bed92d4044a99cc13600394ba9142/pijol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-26/20210626080718159197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf7301bce1---lizunajivikinepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/pomig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bed8776d3e1a7ac05f762e628fefcde/nelelowojegonizenikalaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/3984727222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/595f04bbfaf30350aa8229b889a4fcbc/zusebabapobexumif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=aural+comprehension+passages+with+questionsPDF 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_off0000e2ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fac5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAC5 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 0df1120342a798a16239829491145f8264e31c933c4c8cf09848520da08bdd78
font_02_sfnt_off00011462.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11462 17344 bytes
SHA-256: adccf094aa24565eec40b7bdff777b790252013833d92fb72acf1983db54d905