Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0bc72cd1c7f483a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:12:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b37966f21bda76df250cbf48c62c52ff SHA-1: c558d66b7ec1e5bc08172dde71c4bcddd65d4b4d SHA-256: d0bc72cd1c7f483a514c90610d6f784a8f1b25f1f060f20e95f389423f560496
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of urgency lures further supports the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cd+requisition+form+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://walker-doss.com/clients/4/45/450b4a4af5ff3f13851793278d9c7ef8/File/wutexakapivutibakug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/1204914708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtprospectbaptist.org/clients/7/74/74f10a8404da00fab064704771972c19/File/talajotiloruxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaestehaus-am-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/tenajadosajefovumid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cellesekorea.com/ckupload/files/dodoxenitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7nqq84keovsqjbk8oh7oqilomi/72736848577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be22b86f838---zojepivanegobolimopot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/11637989651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-journal.com/media/file/welazeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103068cc625f---25141838939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaatlantida.com/userfiles/file///junamuzedazetelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaughanreunion.com/clients/7/7c/7cfe0b8ff6d5e3136a6575a9b258a09c/File/39218960721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samuiluxurytravel.com/Uploads/file/gorejiletal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/919b5dfb84821f22fe0829351d1e5fd9/52630298372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotusromeo.fr/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/78154911453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukuleleceilidh.ca/clients/860383/File/6730221420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dvg.asia/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/tajajikixuxuxoxuduvolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/39340857500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3762488417ab645cd05c6bbc12630c6/28849942735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telliogluhukuk.com/userfiles/file/nokajasemewagotuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4aeec5b76f---61044734033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/jatuxereseruroxena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161296bd62b378---xijimagunukigokejoloruz.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_off0000ed2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED2B 17676 bytes
SHA-256: 77723c9c0ca5c3731540051f4b1a912954b9a44f31a3edd086dee5f4bb282653
font_01_sfnt_off00011ad6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AD6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000132ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132ED 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 08112f11b074e12bbebf3d0a7dd7fa04ba6fe53f836a9339e4c7271e76e52a2c