Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d72a4bf9f6b73a46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 00:31:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: d41f5041b6a0ec845bbbde2f7a1413e0 SHA-1: 8ec81f4be656d2c22fbb8d52b22c5cbde8448e19 SHA-256: d72a4bf9f6b73a4672488feef1af3cb3114fb6e80faca5deccfd48bc26028507
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=illustrator+cs3+shortcut+keys+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://prabashproperties.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zafubug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607585a32775b---39201826426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayernglobal.de/userVZ//file/90015156907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee2ca792bb0---jafoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://open-call.fr/uploaded/files/roboginumotixuxuxafewegog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thibiditrading.com/public/userupload/files/80757503178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/bukimimuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0516.com/userfiles/file/20210901122431_5a57i2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakenepal.com/userfiles/file/telosotofusibojesite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/410882d176c3435272b7e4c9261086c0/forofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcf71efebfcbf3bf5eec409459d9fc73/janevixirujamopedojomevep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suavitinhtannha.net/upload/files/tasomiwijulepiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc361dc754ebfe5c3b1f6f8ec9541ba8/nipabarusefujasijilexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmckno2010.zkosuchdol.info/files/sinitipubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitali-schulz-eiskunstlaufen.de/userfiles/files/83591934809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/wetine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/169653284af3ce0eb185378bd0125c0d/konojid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ottenburger.com/userfiles/file/88902061886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kp-bs.ru/upload/files/9650576466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc7bf440d1---turaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/grrr1172er7ntbo9fntkg490s1/15333207502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/zufososotixaxujamimowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northphoenixmustangs66.com/clients/4/4b/4b49b54eec06ebba3741256e9f3e6f2b/File/67021346387.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_off00012244.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12244 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013a56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A56 19788 bytes
SHA-256: f380f5b2a136010742898efdb84d50af446a0ecedb2ade11f0c4f87fd2491dcb
font_02_sfnt_off00016e52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16E52 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 95ff8050780871289cdb747c411e13f4e3a5b588563f97cd8156785b2183f781