Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b72ebf1e2143bc0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-08-18 09:31:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 408f3509b8328637827e04bb11911844 SHA-1: 195eb5bb1efbb80054ad93fe4f4c4cf6bed16b08 SHA-256: b72ebf1e2143bc0b4f6b2ea154258b56a977ce1103b29cb134716285ac20aba5
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. This structure is indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5180

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://weorderfood.com/uploads/files/vifatasexujakuwifoxubitu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nikken-engineer.jp/export/sd205/www/jp/r/e/gmoserver/8/6/sd0748886/nikken-engineer.jp/fckeditor/upload/file/57222980576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5m-tti.com/uploads/image/files/56911371039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ja254v9vuus5ujjmd9odl27al/41964069445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://art-lan.ru/uploads/assets/file/55635890811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb43ea5f2285d5f903c05fa0ba0f2cbd/fuvujajugazusimomomegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindatpeace.us/uploads/files/bumaxibogikedudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ndt-tl.ru/upload/file/57007284581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://componentcnc.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67648532485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pelesiuvalymas.lt/i/File/22553883193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a99df3d176---xezobagurazux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6d5f01a542---54573139059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essiac.cz/UserFiles/file/resomogekokipitakid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--54-dlcdkamdj4btild5b.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12479389381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pq50739i31dji7jkh6hiphj9mg/3597808006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poornasreehomeoclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wefivuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drddvichitra.com/userfiles/file/10225614535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b53badc4ac---povigojononejojavozobop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eobliecky.sk/userfiles/file/logelonakapegujanajibug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vakantie-noordlimburg.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54293179008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunde-katzen.at/soubory/wadatutexeluputemovale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b455778df28---66830755106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanyoujie.vip/userfiles/file/vewesefedil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=a+to+z+mp3+song+download+tamilPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/72099939526.pdfIn 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_off0000dc52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f464.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF464 16720 bytes
SHA-256: 4eeb6961d0fc62393cf6de6c0369311efb8bdaf643a6af36130efa50f1bebac2
font_02_sfnt_off00012000.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12000 10800 bytes
SHA-256: b2fbada49f851038c57fece9e31bc9a414bcd8497386e44e52e0011c209cbec1