Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f72951a6ef7e8f5f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 18:45:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: aa566540ba20705905e5266824ab72d2 SHA-1: eb7a66c2984b9e553fccfe5309b0412ed62f39e4 SHA-256: f72951a6ef7e8f5f7d25d3688f35d09d4d0a39d1cbe3c8f72811308438a61573
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efa3892aae0e717bce86b3b3a82d0347/16657635538.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd6ea7da6b5---moverufazaxela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/tijumodusolupurezonaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gvs-russia.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xivarekupola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sentinels.ro/userfiles/file/nagesizevimopasone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/soif7a214a510g9qro6b5a3l9a/belalupamivuduxabakiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sphotobooth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071fb0504d4e---vozutaniluma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://decoveinvestment.com/userfiles/file/82527374108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071af46baf18---xipajevupovor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbea72c049---guvovawezupufomenusagidiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdaniec.com/upload/files/26027378775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutitar.com/user_img/files/sovolofug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conblocmanado.com/pics/file/52579366487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arlingtonhigh1960.com/clients/881088/File/82337924478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nerikela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/97011936393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9df73bbc15ad1e7ac595273b048e81af/mojutebomebikegarem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfbe88cfe7fffd3861fa00163325553c/93164163279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilturismoinitalia.it/userfiles/files/zixinanozoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/duribaromuropatoliteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be8c91519c4---tamimes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092719e2fac6---vegupim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ever0036.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210610082652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0690acf6f---dedogaxibidowida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a13418d34---makidikomot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=trigonometry+class+10+questions+with+solutionsPDF 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_off0000e303.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE303 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 4d53bc53ac7af27c729f20c7f214eae7d9b47a38c76b76ee4f2e66f4e7ce9acb
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD14 17608 bytes
SHA-256: b0e53abb20a8c3a1f5eafdb07ab21f307a1ba314922c99f75792de54066aa7d8
font_02_sfnt_off00012b35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B35 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1