Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c72cc819082137f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-29 12:19:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 868676181758eb3d43b395915ec827dc SHA-1: feee9aac55f9a0e65c0e00a999d89166f55f0271 SHA-256: c72cc819082137f2a0ac1c30e4a76f2d859b957b0cca8a0a015530e75fc3a9f5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, with several pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Embedded JavaScript streams are also present, suggesting potential for further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=line+puzzle+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://almentispharma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86379109547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfederico2.net/userfiles/file/xoluka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahknchem.com/upload/files/90122640828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c8f1bbf8c---7345541626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chanty.dacola.com/upload/files/fasabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ort168.com/upload/ckeditor/files/xuralekabenasijog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cold.lt/userfiles/file/18299118189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kme.pl/global/app/webroot/uploads/file/16323379379223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web5gstore.com/Files/files/zimulesasowigibumegub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thankschicken.com/uploads/files/gamibapuzapasalofevupid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haraj-alqunfudhah.com/userfiles/file/93250061560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brickchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74547650755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139546cc675b---savazen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korovin.org/site/img_ufiles/36227352823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karapinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/pajokuxunapomidusisag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nabil-doukali.com/userfiles/file/45014907552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgelc.com/userfiles/file/20210925175638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lokikujepopetuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qjhii39fdv3upfdue6j527kaka/37297107647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lulanjina.net/upload/files/gaxusageb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/xilalubapememenegejame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ec988178e9---22511740973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prinsart.ro/uploads/files/tamojirawaler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rgcsmt.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15849482376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srmtteaparty.com/uploads/files/202109251737349227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inijariku.ugdherbal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mixumakisexudof.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_off0000b1bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1BB 15964 bytes
SHA-256: 855c99bfa77c61bd56a4b66ec0b67da19bff5d0284bc0c81e2df9c90721aba83
font_01_sfnt_off0000da7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f294.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF294 10396 bytes
SHA-256: 75cb0d99f47b63ee42aefabec5ae6dec754ef8cf09ea631b6fd780c1957a4af3