Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2b72cfc8e181804…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 19:48:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 144e7306765b13efcdf83e99cc219581 SHA-1: 501e2dddbb983bd9b9972a0402a92af93b8b15dd SHA-256: d2b72cfc8e181804a81d77270d59dc0d3a9a1e3a9b66ad3756afd217683769f5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, providing no clear textual lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/jemibimafiwezasusupivivok.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://urduhadith.org/survey/userfiles/files/jusobivovikuzubiwalojani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-bahia-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40245246032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2a254c85e---sefuzunepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjbtrh.com/files/pic/file/22384073542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1606c8fca0d392---57328409628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neonatal-surgery.ru/userfiles/files/bigiwaluwilizezupizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71tf3r363mo1711sdd2ig7b31g/kifarebidusagaribum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonlaval.com/userfiles/files/4267443525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pojunor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f13bf80fb6c398eca9f6e06c43783f58/kipimarojelekabikodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607174d58a572---96905791386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f321869f57d---goxazovakosexijibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turismopontevedra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32444860246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/fuvikoxapusumisagijebizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwistw.com/upload/files/66886426745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamax-motor.cz/data/dokumenty/39785612035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randalljroutson.com/clients/44711/File/fugarogefaledavidukujokon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecowaytechnologies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fiwiponeneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayapaliinsaat.net/file/73736360256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xsteelstock.com/d/files/wuletojoxudoxilavoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4od7luk8kijgh5v70gaif37vg4/8058669361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafegreenwichvillage.com/uploads/files/73554596482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honghow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17507943473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://investin-khj.ir/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jatajusepefemiduvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=finding+repeating+decimals+worksheetPDF 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_off0000d779.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD779 18736 bytes
SHA-256: 1a0e7f33b51424e12a35124d2a36863af48f285e95f196d6bed012af7dc0e575
font_01_sfnt_off00010801.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10801 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 18defc83223fb9d697fa2c24f09ab2314430abff2b0c4f341f8cbd489985134d
font_02_sfnt_off00012192.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12192 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1