Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e72c479a1e86fd18…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-07-04 18:10:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 245a0e27b5cb0522c4f1ec65875e4046 SHA-1: 5713603aff5301a89d261f39686bd0639a8d0fe4 SHA-256: e72c479a1e86fd18fcb26cdfd15309b6dcb06368df815096c594d1419d8f4ca5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URI indicators and compromised CMS upload links strongly suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=my+face+feels+tingly
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609657c645ef2---19024394547.pdf
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094cacb21bbb---duwumudezuvezubelufunuga.pdf
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866218c888d---nenefuwerofomeg.pdf
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/jidarenorejufafizeka.pdf
    • http://cpk.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nobejow.pdf
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e0a875367d---ponolonetelutamewi.pdf
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/babikobexe.pdf
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vu9f3t4upugf9ugpba8iptt56g/nixele.pdf
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ad860394a---bexam.pdf
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/13320746787.pdf
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739a3e43ef1---xogijug.pdf
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d81f3b324827be85695d4c1277076f9/97082725976.pdf
    • http://alliusie.com/userfiles/file/88009390003.pdf
    • http://www.tekkoo.net/images/library/File/598992010.pdf
    • http://mispuntossaga.com/campannas/file/rojimitesilusesumewus.pdf
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a660d2b5e---29444836171.pdf
    • https://traffictkt.com/viking1/uploads/files/9092663857.pdf
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4394569bd805bca131efab90c3506ec/gomoliso.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d62c6439c6---71097053952.pdf
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ju2qr7a2ahoddthvt2orfgj0e8/sipiwiwut.pdf
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608151967f516---nijodedejubatixoli.pdf
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-18/20210618173806823675.pdf
    • http://dientrotiendathc.com/media/ftp/file/zosejepomonunuwexomalefa.pdf
    • http://retroldn.com/userfiles/file/tofetekirirexesedeweno.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001056d.bin
46df2de5ec13da633ebfac247597646429dc26bb47a33eb2d54c8dc14f9acc5b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1056D 10400 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011d1b.bin
95ffa385726b470cef673185d736bf463d0f31c3200462caeb05f0806bfd1883
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D1B 18308 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014d1b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D1B 16792 bytes