Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e72da905344127f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 20:45:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a9a955ef799f8c6e6988227567a2ab8f SHA-1: 4482423032c0c9e4d7a66563cd18b19283eebf94 SHA-256: e72da905344127f0fb90a96aabac4a382fc160b7ded39d96deb69ffab5400531
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded URLs and the PDF structure suggest potential exploitation or redirection mechanisms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://sdudyogtechnologies.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42869428404.pdf
    • http://didula.com/img/file/91829246782.pdf
    • http://csc021.com/userfiles/file/20210905211002_xps9g8.pdf
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8kbrelqvnpf5strmkihnpgn08t/21068876786.pdf
    • http://qiangka.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mebulala.pdf
    • http://boxethai38.com/upload/file/53485497903.pdf
    • http://kkagro.com/media/images/upload/file/lanulijogolageguniweruvu.pdf
    • http://smcertificationservices.com/userfiles/files/47175372753.pdf
    • https://inprovitchile.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/joxuxovuzogop.pdf
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eaf2a52669---dapolaxawaka.pdf
    • https://ncsccalgary.com/userfiles/files/96594581760.pdf
    • http://dgone.kr/userfiles/file/20210913061649.pdf
    • https://safetyhanoi.com/userfiles/file/pebowemetufopinafoti.pdf
    • http://rbc-bezorgdiensten.nl/upload/mitojazonosofajod.pdf
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/97588050787.pdf
    • http://www.stemcellhairclinic.com/files/files/bezurojemezarovepopen.pdf
    • http://acsalma.hu/userfiles/files/27021664348.pdf
    • https://linkevicius.com/upload/galery/file/37396314686.pdf
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f15a19190c---97465330765.pdf
    • https://kccegis.com/upfiles/content/file/20210918183510.pdf
    • http://geofer.eu/userfiles/files/xijopifu.pdf
    • http://coomargroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mafinagefupofax.pdf
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/51963765746.pdf
    • http://oprandi.it/userfiles/files/vifepajubelolobatawo.pdf
    • http://audidalys.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xotub.pdf
    • https://vgcanada.com/userfiles/file/55001918894.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=redmi+launcher+apk+download
    • 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_off0000d502.bin
72a0a7fe9606beb793a71a97a0154d2c807fc241b74a36213b36da9e2edd48e4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD502 10836 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000edc5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDC5 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000105d7.bin
86fcbb471f120257062267e7cec4d08a54a330f820ee99b488a2558e015a958c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105D7 17452 bytes