Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f372cbb21ae835b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 16:01:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 833fadf6e9b37eff584621f1f420b027 SHA-1: 0021305703988a9c385fc6795c342ab8b52dafd5 SHA-256: f372cbb21ae835b4feadc7d09d85b29262820c59c83b93cd947ce96380ece7fd
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a link farm to distribute malicious PDFs. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f4c248b55a---95841829531.pdf
    • http://loveperfectionschool.com/upload/file/pawug.pdf
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d9909n1eh21ihiq43sfku6fe0/16426449598.pdf
    • http://mini-garden.ru/userfiles/file/72971270660.pdf
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n34m77d1vb14intaabqqoq1f2b/datavogizapilojurerigi.pdf
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a539988fa0ba55f1ecc0b8cd8b0ac774/49343311423.pdf
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609004e3dc2c4---70313163415.pdf
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca2a25007e---8098558690.pdf
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb9f9c5889---naxinijekopopu.pdf
    • http://richiefamilyreunion.com/clients/7/7d/7d03816b951c94fc7c065ced7c7ccdcd/File/jemilegaladobofejuda.pdf
    • https://investmentskillsgroup.com/images/userfiles/file/56338060247.pdf
    • http://bmsorganica.com/userfiles/file/musorifeton.pdf
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/82876876000.pdf
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efff2ba65e4f1dc278be6e74edca083c/30284805295.pdf
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36458v3dcdm7549s3720snqalc/jisejewamesorapapogomi.pdf
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97ae55d0e04ec799321ec89d69e1bc8d/77812659720.pdf
    • https://skinrepublic.vn/webroot/img/files/josesepa.pdf
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc1fbe39d3---43955159832.pdf
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/kusisamaxuna.pdf
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5049b22cfde6b4663fd44d596aa2849f/71433314063.pdf
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iao2nke1ccjitqq5rcfjlulldg/70840459596.pdf
    • http://darec.sk/files/files/63768114888.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=pain+in+upper+right+side+of+stomach
    • 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_off0000ecc7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECC7 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000104de.bin
dfd0c985d76b1197d6c70a4747ba2737cfc540ca52398db9d193b89798e48e13
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104DE 11120 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011e6e.bin
3cd5c13be4e1ddb83dc1d7d44bf2140b8c22f0429815dcf21c98d8d50b873c5d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E6E 16248 bytes