Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb72531ebbfd4cba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:34:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 9dcfd1f7ad7a2ab4e3e6f7e3ae67607c SHA-1: cc165811ca248b73da7d925f761c03782c5bddc9 SHA-256: bb72531ebbfd4cba02ca912f2f4b7c4ab09ae9840d98554fbbdfc7b6b92a9f63
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=different+types+of+fruit+drinks PDF link annotation
    • http://dzstock.com/Upfiles/file/pejab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee2d39db799---66754459206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ba2d2fa9175dcb1d96189fc896a2e80/95766654842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d51684c6eb---geremekagiberovimagik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ae200cec94---37967816860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermogroup.ru/uploads/files/36206354884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c06778f85---fosijover.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjpexport.com/files/91423892563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/596015712b78343dcff4c84191b10591/17419586533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca1e71e1a3---89223444465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/mifajorebedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d533d12a5823ef749b94adcd3d4ef01d/xepizarukizewujaloga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diakmelo.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20182954203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/xelutuzivepujoxemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61c39cd7631c5b567dbd1ed261b9f009/mukifomijuvudidokanujepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijacr.net/assets_admin/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/25855211593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasanmasat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67750874166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noihoithanhtuan.com/media/ftp/file/45534889892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wskinbody.com/data/boardData/files/53213901217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hepiran.com/cache/fck_files/file/34213820374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaldeliverancecathedralchurch.com/clients/2/22/22dae496a1749ae881e6bee195142b05/File/dutaxesefojajat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duquenne-moteurs.fr/webroot/upload/files/zabaxipexafaxumum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamlulanjina.com/upload/files/88883774507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ecbf086da8---banowopisubukemaxelazos.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_off0000de92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE92 10592 bytes
SHA-256: edd7ebf4a677ae397c327ad861388932cf11e61c34f18037e78c94b1654f2f69
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6EE 19396 bytes
SHA-256: cdcf514f1ffefc92de83f65bdf84728f57de769c7d6b818536c2d90b706e48c3
font_02_sfnt_off000129fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1