Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e72c67df2e9178c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-08-11 03:26:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 1a84286eed65e7fbf20950106a4d30e0 SHA-1: 3732f33c89118ee226bb5e735eab268706a9a259 SHA-256: e72c67df2e9178c18b1f13e5184b0716d7601fa185438809d28a4a208ed49d0a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which host other PDFs. This suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely as part of a phishing campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bedfc213fe2---jixumuwitijomu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sapmjfmuk9lim7mc43286eve1h/buwewunemut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a0e27cfc78fc9f3e7452b850d197dc5/migavurizifilesiribu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megalaserasia.com/upload///japuvelotuwipilejifel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/77129646699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbamedica.org/userfiles/files/9325857602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/67963157273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedule-plachty.cz/files/file/simatedebuwuzit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattosushi.com/uploads/files/dunizefudow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1lea312ujuqe000neh5p4e1rd6/vulotok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigyikesmedia.com/home/xtremweb/public_html/consultinstitute/web/upload/files/77388183815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcadia-fitness.es/userfiles/file/xukinobadimevavizoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095ab9f682f5---galodesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2afb20f46708379b98063c4663576d5/petak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ciesol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/livozovabevurutolaxowibix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartmaji-zunicmile.com/uporabnik/file/firozarenorubojamamume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27341ac8d0135c1067640ce34ad9d7db/solosexipolesod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a78b7e4ca5a---kaxibujepiwufesivegij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luvnchrlysenglishtoys.com/clients/861429/File/pakagumomiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d6f2bc30c6e4998a1518c16dc39e53c/robazeruvax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/74943075908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/24582148108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a143ceaaf04---77300627872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19b35e1bcb7815ed09442cc71888afb9/300746575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+sync+mpow+jaws+bluetooth+headsetPDF 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_off0000faff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAFF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011316.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11316 11148 bytes
SHA-256: 39f21baa98345f5136e5050e68e9e487a527d28946dae4bcc6b27c44ab10d295
font_02_sfnt_off00012ccd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CCD 17916 bytes
SHA-256: 91489b8594639bb9c4736f59c9f37d07d63dc93c22e5bd1923d34effdabb2b03