Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2972c4bf59aa097…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 20:21:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ff45508f4ca5400bacab50a63e112a20 SHA-1: 575dc3836153524eb235fa91b139e10570f91b01 SHA-256: d2972c4bf59aa09704785a2356d0e4e0c0be27d0cd5d8741c14c6f6438230089
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The use of external URIs and compromised CMS uploads points towards an attempt to leverage these resources for malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07b459a46a013c9a6223ce6feb88093f/11505943761.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.combangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/30392963156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozszemle.hu/uploads/files/sunarakezenuwuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98e587424c4304268a62b41d245b1de3/68085746155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/favatomewepuwom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arnetbilgisayar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/75952790869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73vls53sfg08an2fjvli0kkei1/koneruzodobesoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliotoconsulting.com/clients/862286/File/vepukuxozexubaris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b29147cc8e9---duzinenorajosisumilixaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gh7d7e09gt0ut9j12s1ldde5m6/zexuzovoxilonaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2733435958b2ccad2166b361b2e9dca/94184540452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sysyanginguvenlik.com/uploads/files/24954678625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fpt7r11psb0kf4r9ei407t6q59/nubes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081752ae5457---noxefixisegivilopolevaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fba933cf6---varetogutepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/648643255d17d09aab50da10fde06e2c/gemofevurip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161095b7a5c281---23153104482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simkoongschool.com/uploads/editer/files/safikuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hainutedecopii.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36121540031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc10a253af9---65989313978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsprojekt.eu/userfiles/files/99157617527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a5196d0b49---nufonigenekaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnmarzillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tesal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beb4bc34ba3---12375849027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2c82b24a7---92077363964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=muscle+gain+workouts+for+skinny+guys+pdfPDF 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_off0000f623.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF623 18472 bytes
SHA-256: a43b55c5f8667167325dbfb06f4c30f620ca5ce23988263253c4b356bb0e5161
font_01_sfnt_off000125be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013dd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DD5 11180 bytes
SHA-256: bfa364fa308d9ecd4c43c1cadb04920bf6d1d104146f481e33ada1755e5d061b

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