Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62bfe09bb3e11396…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 13:29:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 5e96f9ff271c66052fa91dea8de4deac SHA-1: 9b9a61e4b6d7c7d57e2c8feaf9db608955bb4b8f SHA-256: 62bfe09bb3e1139628fc7137b88032286083a47528d5bca58c4bec49ff54645e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. Heuristics indicate this is a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://vinmexindia.com/uploads/nefiga.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eb9a002e1e21557f0b9714d66f40c41/67461275646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detikakdeti.ru/img/file/raxunimanojepifutagavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dglakigokv51l7cpdr20m9tle5/32505723706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac219569337---52129013836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853f629c1f4---69309445671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlondonblvd.com/uploads/files/binefixezowazok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e22febe74c4638019a3909c10b4df10d/zipukonidagoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/sunipuvaruxofakuxudij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cef83b23f54---19561469506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78utfk2fmg8v2od6j60h6bgsoi/pixedikorojifolomexuzem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/42697642864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c886d481cf3d687e65d4a9bc6a02954/tujorojoxetabejeras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59ef5fe35db0b00eee0bbb6a536d4b22/44050931177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/58038076194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s5quiua67i73q9rtq1k82k2fd9/tibosujamixijatarejelad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f67816d80---sezok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpils.com/userfiles/file/84047799812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d46b0f960f7---kevudeded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76ce8afda964414212df0ab40e595085/boxebezenilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinieurope.ch/userfiles/files/5468865326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aamuhsv-madisonalumni.org/files/files/84518281298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4759a1d2d8981a13e13ea11552ac192d/vonarusuvigiwudusoninesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=cell+phone+jammer+for+homePDF 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_off0000ec40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC40 19460 bytes
SHA-256: a03319c67a27011b0baf043d2ae89ba76da8bf845282165437cebc1dbbf6abf8
font_01_sfnt_off00011e8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E8D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000136a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136A4 10428 bytes
SHA-256: 296256b221ac56ab3827a69b6405b5cab28531364149d54df67e68a559f544c0