Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 267faa969abd1da0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 06:48:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b17b4bc2bafa848021a98ffd4762084d SHA-1: 9fb66bbbe5e4e2f0fbaaa8720bb5f91f75504256 SHA-256: 267faa969abd1da00076f1fd04e41b8a94fcff2493f0a8b97419c27a686b4473
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to redirect users to potentially harmful URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=small+cell+neuroendocrine+carcinoma+lung
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/74552642320.pdf
    • http://champaigncursillo.com/userfiles/file/53249608000.pdf
    • http://denis-lefebvre-services.com/fichiers/file/gipivozanufugozudufonurod.pdf
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160877b213c8d1---xexufog.pdf
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bbf5d2804f---xudejiro.pdf
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cabbb11a82c666f6cc0ad9ff1573b106/tabekiwo.pdf
    • http://bookblog.kr/data/file//files/51216324738.pdf
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e1ff84ff1---86479026321.pdf
    • http://buzmakov-ua.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95663007377.pdf
    • http://cathugo.de/res/wysiwyg/file/47847469293.pdf
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/358f15e6f96f4bfd5142a2027d3403b2/94068591311.pdf
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a3481ba9436dca707c531c24dfdb703/bamuladezifesanolesipid.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070456f18958---lisoxesepawogasegujivaf.pdf
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/dokazuguzisawakamug.pdf
    • https://alrukn.co/userfiles/files/fajidobisosiledipiwak.pdf
    • http://energo-market.ru/sadm_files/57846786449.pdf
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/90812733314.pdf
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/91269347554.pdf
    • http://rgjbreunion.com/clients/6/69/6950e03db8b1ea894755b369f0a03c31/File/nukafubopojij.pdf
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bcc79bed82---48248027345.pdf
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75ec31329a3252062cd6a7ce6605f30a/rukamuruxekaloxes.pdf
    • https://bio86.net/fichiers/kipisumokosugimabone.pdf
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o0p99q1u90ituoomq8580fvr4u/665100892.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_off000105d0.bin
a8898e9de37a478774d35356b7339562981a6d0fb4be422717e2b9f2086aee24
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105D0 16624 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000130a4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130A4 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000148bb.bin
a0db6598aa736ceb58a93919c3fd7e9a9dbcb2f48d64f511d81f8801821b57fe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148BB 10620 bytes