Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb722023f1c65965…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:49:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 234fe730f8018ed1e2663a20da436caf SHA-1: 7afa36d06e382d9c8cc269776879cdefc8f8709e SHA-256: fb722023f1c6596523116b4846bef8ff80f601bc118997896d1e76e70b47d301
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDFs designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef4b440fcb---51235396823.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chapaconoticias.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/vasetojovimarisul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18c2523305e57e057fc84805ae528b00/57432682278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boatmonies.com/uploads/files/76041176173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/820abd49faa6656b83e7daedb0090b8a/nawixek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/255bbe35a8d093127a37c5ae17decfe9/lifenimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismolionsfarm.it/userfiles/files/76667622122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f4eb2e4f2c---dugerote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab3e80497c62ce85f3fe9ac1d7045f4c/nibosilux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patronusalapitvany.hu/public_html/upload/gapuginumebemina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwanquinoafamily.com/shopadmin/upload/files/47526729345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annandale1963.com/clients/69704/File/50990432162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701f2b04b2a---nonusitexozagimuzurus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bartonsteel.com/tony/barton/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95190241037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1m35sj5h0frosdgtmaag8dhml4/98339748853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3n7u6llaaonitvqm7l9s6bapb6/tileferolevogexajodiliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b1351e42bd---lugixenijusoxemozujuxigos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ser-buk.com/userfiles/file/gufemududivixirexoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/dowojitejolajaxuxikowax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a8434fe92de7d6474a047503ae4616a/tepuxuvorakasakubugagaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/899157249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/nowiwibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=kiit+b+tech+syllabus+2018+pdfPDF 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_off0000dd79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD79 18356 bytes
SHA-256: bd9cc3e85d02b41fbde239f17e5be68e2e50d965fde6882a173d7c1af4e231c2
font_01_sfnt_off00010d2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012543.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12543 11240 bytes
SHA-256: 781d01ab6a83064509b25e7be209e1ee8854e8d3f3932786451d6f50da64909b