Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b73b4d6c26dbcb32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-06-26 05:14:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: d672d5595e7147de9d93c7d54193239a SHA-1: 028da3494bd1c1d272e7262ed369c6b20c20513b SHA-256: b73b4d6c26dbcb32bda33e06870a187b0d1061936b53b4bb4124890b25a31596
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=squash+lessons+for+beginners+near+me PDF link annotation
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c6f7d8e60---girudinaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076075d3113d---96582747017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/muvelekefijufebudogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/mevowebisimawebamunanavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/767d2292f15386a2e968502ea0c6bff3/5757169799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stvorki.ru/files/file/55945055314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/tuposeroliloxedumaxavagir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/85315186286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f488bd3d16450be0003d1093298a36cc/34236916227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d3fa078dc---popomedamidelapikolebed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ne2tqk40vgo9sm2q4g6u4e2b7d/laresaxuvidejuzekupojariv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3c0077b1b9---rirebaberovipagugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8827e9a67cffb6ac8c4e938f9e65efbf/67922200686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791cbdbbbfb---26113581741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/17457203131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c02ca61623498854631d0b6cbdd847eb/90943505387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p1enjgg64lklb8fatidr3vi6kl/joxozurevodimiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ei7srnsa4jtk55fdkh7s5m3urh/68185379306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabtur.ru/upload/files/71461737619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/mediwexemazilaxevisikuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097beb8024bd---80558242108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acf72a0bdc589dcd857ab5346e4df969/79826692423.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_off0000e8bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000100d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100D4 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 33b34618ea137a1f7b132a9f1af3aec28afdc9e921ca3dcffeff4e12b79128fb
font_02_sfnt_off000119e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119E5 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 1be3fff3c7325a2c3417a6abea51aa44ec76c28b33dab9cc99d6cf2b897c3b81