Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f67f78ee4c1a940…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-07-17 13:12:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 643d19364302e42d13f1e1c783291ade SHA-1: 206a29993e9c8d40832a8532a178b20de887f34c SHA-256: 1f67f78ee4c1a9402ac4165149c3b6093a5d9f1c2fec8b2fca8f219904f44973
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious links. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the link farm and the PDF format suggest potential for embedding malicious JavaScript or redirecting users to phishing or malware download sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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://cartonwrappingmachine.com/userfiles/file/wedopobesikenejebas.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f477fecf98---86085084209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5008374f7e4da13aaf5c3ccec17a777/vobekur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/debib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elazentrale.de/images/uploaded/file/53472367943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17172e0f1fdfed6b9e22a90b5b9647b6/2414841408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerequipment.com/d/files/52611064552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b2c1d3379---54853883176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dce9b9e92e1d5a3b12edf26a3e4e405/rupilukoberavalutezudon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160825815002ae---nepox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/916c5e22296e0871c499f4dded97a837/14683246501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2f6e3449681e317cce4097a6cdf8275/6442430324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michelesherrinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xigitugunud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/91068949602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/89042750881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2073542589048ed3208e742fb3e51a3b/38015524221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf06c53d13---lopamirutevizeloraso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcifirsatlari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e08cf27bd---37663800970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpabv.nl/uploadfiles/file/gafakigem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stinpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1666239491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/741a0e7f4a9e309787e77e7b52edceb5/5773242490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/radupiremobetoketobojezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69131377367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df2b4a7ae1---46200412856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=cars+checklist+for+evaluating+sourcesPDF link annotation
    • https://medlineplus.gov/webeval/webevalchecklist.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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_off000113df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113DF 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 23822601c9bb07bd596e00a069c774af9b16958aafcbacdcff73c99b7cee03ae
font_01_sfnt_off00012d24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014536.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14536 17476 bytes
SHA-256: afc7afc1394746b6ccd113894509867536f1ab5cc2ca2f328f205141e4d81b83