Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd72911ff004af5f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-25 07:25:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 23a75714d7ec21241ed7f3074ad3a401 SHA-1: ef58bd1bfdc04f3d163f82e9a855f7adbc3483d4 SHA-256: cd72911ff004af5fe92ba120d05c5fc12a1a35fa421e5e63acd70a2b17bb0be0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic firings related to link farms and random URLs point towards an attack pattern focused on directing users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 http://haraj-alqunfudhah.com/userfiles/file/sozokebixepap.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.nstoplana.rs/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56502924243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://levne-pohary.cz/UserFiles/File/56509787217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videotour24.com/data/fckupload/file/13091486338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tribo.kz/userfiles/File/lojenemewaradelawuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalmicrofinancesummit.org/userfiles/files/97674998838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161322d62e14ad---sumojuxemuwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homestationrealty.com/userfiles/files/88323941517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d90c22fb58f25ec5385ede59c18f679f/74157252324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokobrunnen.com/idata/19651935700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dpengineers.info/admin/userfiles/file/77799245955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://md-bud.pl/szklo/photos/file/40381182197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://we2meeting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/17569891702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://factorysales.com/userfiles/files/72682744280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://condosworld.com/abisol1/userfiles/files/35157077186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c2020bf2ea87ad7181035059b513877/pumobunusawoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noxsun.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210910011347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden-expert.de/userfiles/file/56587418356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/kigutemisomonejekasubivob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahrestygz.com/userfiles/files/20210911_005156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kerama.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vewotagavevopulobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plasterglasgow.com/fwd_docs/file/3209716673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farmaciapenil.es/userfiles/files/rigapenilizuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/bamekol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=funmaza+hd+movies+download+bollywoodPDF 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_off0000b052.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB052 10856 bytes
SHA-256: a5fe9c2a40cbd2eb0d8a0cbf7fc459dda35dad22d42e043634037c3f991dd7ba
font_01_sfnt_off0000c936.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC936 16552 bytes
SHA-256: 54f674b0bdbe37a16c15158eb71dd41ac6a28e2f06bfe09ce8eef649879806c7
font_02_sfnt_off0000f34c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF34C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1