Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f72a01f7b0cdcecc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-20 01:07:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a038c302b7bc1bd67a38dbcc02c647e6 SHA-1: 76cb0a131bfea7faac01edb53d316bf2cc055200 SHA-256: f72a01f7b0cdcecc16e93b15ebe76c5f029074e1ef4399f9b77a773202d4c61a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier, with ClamAV also flagging it as a phishing trojan. The heuristics indicate it's an image-based lure, typical for phishing, and contains a large number of links pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///sakaxamevukujibe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139160266408---vaxatewitovitav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tk-weld.com/images/library/File/repafosigoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capesociety.ca/uploads/files/62507022755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://home-plast.ru/foto/files/newokosiluwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd768aa48eb31cf1cb1e481104b5a841/72929572465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sor1310.com/userfiles/file/43361078789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.moxiclear.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83694775563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukupahit.com/contents/files/tubufawedawoziga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agarimo.com/archivos/archivos/28242711846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stihoplet.by/upload/editor/files/vupodabopamota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cv-vezouze.fr/media/file/zelozejumiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhongzing.com/uploads/files/202109191646127061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homecareangels.ca/files/files/files/zonusimeguxowixureduwep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laboratoriologos.it/userfiles/files/gavugimigurovulutadikapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tribo.kz/userfiles/File/wanedizodasowozapawudosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37aa475f301c20abe70390a031cd06c0/lakasomaguripunosede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelcenterpuntos.com/campannas/file/37476255450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140923baeb4d---77341185790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplospectr.ru/images/files/wunopubuvurorerexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingatlantv.tv/userfiles/files/voluxoxekat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614796565a1d5---34936309935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.terraton.com.my/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bosekogelikavukef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rigosarchitects.gr/userfiles/file/jaduwilexodevivozafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewaterdamagedfw.com/test/fckeditor/uploadfiles/file/jabiletuwuxofudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detikakdeti.ru/img/file/95319333444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=download+picsart+premium+apkPDF 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_off0000b1fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1FB 13872 bytes
SHA-256: 78e2a1e14d10c01112557be08d9094d064ba7d4f5833184f2aff63758deeed8b
font_01_sfnt_off0000d430.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD430 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC47 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 30a279884ab0ed3511ec34a74298d6bb77f9f42f27fbbedb77d2878e950680cb