Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62c071e67367fb49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 22:58:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6fbea5bcd76459ff90d4ebf7a10ce94e SHA-1: d93ce6e6ae84b11d275f4bf401d6ed3cf312f3aa SHA-256: 62c071e67367fb492d22f0a0ac288c3f7e4b26a6d4fb7671d4f24045efcf0407
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to exploit users through deceptive redirection, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6111

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://nguoixunghekiev.vn/userfiles/file/33258996978.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.clc-engineering.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/61791733669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cestovni-postylka.eu/userfiles/file/47985575531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b97ba1355f31865e29eb05e63e643fb/60088990284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yalciniskele.com/imgup/file/jogegajel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9a8dea11de---petanifotozofuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bab979b230---gebukesoxuwojur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a25709f1f25---57152597237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/17799051213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea94emb2lqn1g5e2j64754kqt2/ketusowewukoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reichspfarrer.sk/file/11526898884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39192224ef4cfa12716bae2438a0a4ab/22533459758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lhde324k2atmo2rpomhs38h2qj/povujufare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1884bf039014fca64361452680a6af0/fatajinorazuwexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/91495782634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ecf17a1991---11978555326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nail-free.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86713593490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ks-klinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29010432705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2d71955927---saniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmaclima.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/vumiselejegenesoxifelagod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121985878c65---27208234077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69b33f577030f3d13015ae37ccf2bc4c/mazogena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f0f500fa81---29621206538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=manual+wordperfect+12+espa%C3%B1olPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011e46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E46 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1