Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62cf62266db0a89a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.4 KB Created: 2021-09-24 17:42:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 5117801ac915d9b27e6cc32ca13bc459 SHA-1: d73175bb0ffda28405f603c391fd89d46d70c478 SHA-256: 62cf62266db0a89a34458b7be5a09e3fa028f208fb0c912a1c004e2b45f9685f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, with one specifically identified as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to a phishing or malware download site. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic firings suggest a phishing or credential harvesting attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.pension-chevaux-haras-gabereau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22778222975.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://profstil.az/userfiles/file/xekibajoval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oecschool.com/userfiles/file/5303125759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c8f57c546---kepuzawejozogub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85603161970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishiosatu.com/contents/files/tinamumusadezodaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.com/res/wysiwyg/file/82818049684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shardamedicalstore.com/singhania/downloads/file/20300104231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7eju7u0kkv9s01topp522ljbh/fupazejawevegere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alev.az/userfiles/file/80170924231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghibms.com/userfiles/files/1513272590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.satit.nrru.ac.th/satit/_Adminis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/molosawisokurinisafuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ke2rkptomh34of0h6miujl7m10/mavekegajibakakon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samuelben-horin.com/userfiles/file/juwuzegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copperscraphandlers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/masedanofexuriwabufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/juvaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagabb.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tatuludogogadas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyo-g.net/userfiles/file/20488435840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zatoodesign.com/userfiles/files/44072996808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termokingbt.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91085090410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardens-spa.com/user_pict/file/616521367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceleevideos.org/images/file/41089074613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fueandhair.com/userfiles/files/rexatugalametalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+can+i+increase+my+ram+in+android+phonePDF 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_off0000ae97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE97 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c6a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6A9 14424 bytes
SHA-256: 18cd65ee53f94088366198a0d038f88814038d9b3b33208c5b5ddee996814bd5
font_02_sfnt_off0000eac8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAC8 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 0f7d3f64e7fa9288f543a62672c90e4bb53bd1815f20b504b3d503b4dd412099