Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62dfc90890f5bb03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:55:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f5c9a862df886ae2d059acf99eff0a12 SHA-1: d21d5986b901eb2ee859abcbaf39d25b156ec209 SHA-256: 62dfc90890f5bb03b1d9040432987812388b2c30d9e293aa48591e87a7e9f299
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload storage locations. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest it is likely a phishing lure or a distribution point for further malware, potentially leveraging JavaScript for execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://agt.es/files/galeria2/files/pamozizubebotij.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdbe1cfe915ebb37c42b0934b461991d/tivojosisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://truhlarstvisollner.cz/data/file/nizanaburepisimegigofuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1qjd.com/upload/files/2021-07-10-03-02-44-EMkPtbQg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae1eb146713---vikemapikedakojerewadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e62df1dcc798a888d06f2a8be1e8a1e/12187471241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiraz.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuzejuniniva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c9d05d861b48aa44b294ae722fe2827/kokegusesuvipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/wifapidexadodes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maximaviajes.com/FCKfiles/file/waragizabeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slbreakingnews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rorisifoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d72428160d3---7046223868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/ladabeberagiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3ffabdeeb0---vubedagogivuxubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksklinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bepanogarumariserugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infoegrafica.com/userfiles/files/60610323237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzhrjd.com/images/uploadfile/files/69625835604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25df242345c7f3c93639ce2c32bbcbcc/53904762159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b827707ac9---35007058079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bosch-elektronarzedzia.pl/catalog/file/ninofarowex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmcoverseaspvtltd.com/uploads/files/kafapubimetabufabufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3sdi3oc7fkq75cuid710tv9bm5/tatoretezuvod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsaimmigration.com/userfiles/file/tewaxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aljazeerahpetroleum.ae/userfiles/files/wugegupibifijelig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=basic+electronics+components+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000e03b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE03B 17492 bytes
SHA-256: 5cf9a14f956988d18c4e9e27f42b787a5c1497c3799a4967313df8e418f92115
font_01_sfnt_off00010daf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DAF 10920 bytes
SHA-256: d0131651caa2dc787eb19ee5ec0a8a1e3fb8364c6eb44056c17d397945b76d12
font_02_sfnt_off00012707.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12707 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1