Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0687fb84f4b1ce22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-07-09 20:14:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 676bf30d6339a21498353a74a55e57f3 SHA-1: 14256eacb3f3e04683af77014367470952f2619c SHA-256: 0687fb84f4b1ce22f26ecb89e6dd8cbd9ab71adafd9491cbc811efdb25e3aa17
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' suggests these links are hosted on disposable domains, a common tactic for evading detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=65+to+lbs
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ba1307164e135be8df8d53d9a1d615e/niganufexo.pdf
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61e235792b65c913aed67c1756f2ce8c/sipunurijirasog.pdf
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/al94c5e9hdq3iolb180h8qoc8u/55752908014.pdf
    • http://componentcnc.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7811683877.pdf
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/37362453713.pdf
    • http://dobryremont.pl/ebobas/portal/app/webroot/img/tmp/file/16246567758943.pdf
    • http://orderbestwings.com/uploads/files/nikenexezu.pdf
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2825a27389---kasiku.pdf
    • http://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/80622669807.pdf
    • http://drjoecarver.com/clients/49355/File/12746816230.pdf
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a24f52d6ff8---16668339855.pdf
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6bd1747031---kewomirova.pdf
    • https://mudraconsultancy.com/uploads/files/85481848297.pdf
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5882ltfccl20oik29v6qg2f2tt/vulisomodiniso.pdf
    • https://eminencesolutions.in/resources/userfiles/file/kaduz.pdf
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87ceeaef03b9fa87cebbc7922ab45056/37280791632.pdf
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a29e08d0f7a---49973398551.pdf
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae10ae6a710---vudebomebefesusir.pdf
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d07f01b5e9e---lenusilutufozasim.pdf
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f7ff8f897cbe7679469594abf3242e8/55459113391.pdf
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/btmnt5msodo151c18keoje8jj3/29165838483.pdf
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78fc3a97f997c53e9595ca7a78f32aba/lusitelulumuloweze.pdf
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba1c44d420---35721667237.pdf
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2h9d8rf7r3ic8pfg1kvqpgqtf5/kusoxonizigax.pdf
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf5754684ce520732430f4fe29be0034/tadobagaso.pdf
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f87410d089e7af42dde1870aa388fba/95460655062.pdf
    • 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_off0000c6a2.bin
d5052f2df8c6dfd14ce905fb707308231db7a23aed8ca6f585a1272d6b60579f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6A2 9856 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc6e.bin
af12f731eaf5b0f2dd5f80a3eeea761ac231d1501479a200982df7a12463c979
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC6E 16932 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010832.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10832 16792 bytes