Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f72852b23f22178b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 13:37:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7bb0cf6a1aeb24f33419e853f4cbda55 SHA-1: fc2c97487ae800133e2e2687d0a6e723d319da74 SHA-256: f72852b23f22178bdc970b9531dcacc4b2a5854fb17bdabbfaadc64bdd18bc5d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a redirect mechanism. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings suggest it's designed to lure users to external, potentially malicious, resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ee98e3ac8d---76180881078.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mannerfeltdesignteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5133838393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktifithalat.com/resimlerfiles/88812259717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congseng.com/uploadfile/files/mozeliwewufidonufatob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thamcohoaian.com/webroot/img/files/sawinifegifala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehouseproduction.net/file/dijabumuwenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2bircruise.travflex.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/masazomerazugodudurag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613335645bf02---xuxurafirenewuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duongthuy.net/userfiles/file/92354020832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicaabrahaoosta.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puvifowafivaxemafuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnhhgj.com/upfiles/userfiles/file/32201667965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevimotor-rock.hu/files/files/35036754020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dominopark.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31972903887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135924338cb0---72955770380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nayyaralidada.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57173807681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tottazo.com/userfiles/file/wifexofemugajitotik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/313f70df751447885e116ba4ebc8d837/45722382775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latrinquette.com/upload/editor/file/72615544943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stradatextiles.com/upload/ckfinder/files/10040810665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambient-interier.cz/files/files/zudemesaposunusijusaleru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benyowsky.com/resources/files/fewifukawenipebekubino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arc-en-cielproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91327974020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161441924f1070---21937145534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakdekkersindex.nl/images/uploads/jifojapegosubekamenabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=android+auto+arrange+icons+on+home+screenPDF 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_off0000d47f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD47F 19928 bytes
SHA-256: 0c08d2616de11e29027bdefae39f6435805af3de0a9e578364f23ed950564316
font_01_sfnt_off0001073d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1073D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F54 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 7e434ed87b4beb7a2d0cebf77d98898db459b9e829dec9dc0352f9ad58e5d97f