Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62f086a0ae897f77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 14:11:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 52a2fb877ae901645f919220c0cf5f7f SHA-1: bb54546a4e12ffbcf16c5349b6c7e71a8125249c SHA-256: 62f086a0ae897f7722c1061db49d2702ea73e653833f7f8a3a4f0e274b850aa6
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, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious or compromised sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting the analysis to the URL structure and heuristic findings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 http://gospel-pour-100-voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/vakevesezuwegaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/77653077958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moderator.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/92247409943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/893d0a3ebde6bb75ef8379ab49af9901/17951253053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myboydfamily.com/clients/7/7f/7f513a2250c12de81a70a6735749c289/File/vopepabunodunek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/40378826655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmckno2010.zkosuchdol.info/files/31298347384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0704b11317---61396636279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emotionalgift.youngzonejewelry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pamedojinivawamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vgkem8cptjp1rtfesek65267t1/jasavitudipaxakokemol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-johnson.com/Uploadfiles/files/15980181724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helmmsp.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7644a23686843604205fece8493a407/63799000912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee0531059f6---lijakizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/75707469814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qilr965rd5bljqn97lggaqfmas/dezitolegelaxafotofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sbsoftware.ro/admin/userfiles/file/44544863913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/mumarimikegafonewebobasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anbao.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/75558284033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f421e3d30bc6e3c556343e8086ec15b/fevokuwoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607325dee59ea---64151599695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a9e15105a---59777682924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7ffe7c8387---wojusajujaxaloxeguxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608254943dd71---razowifakisuvokozagegex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b76ce6b07f8---55599505442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=do+you+even+know+what+a+wawa+isPDF 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_off0000d109.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD109 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 7d10c4c935f7a00f75d1241e622a37e49e9fe6051065d10a27bc3baf22aca9a4
font_01_sfnt_off0000e90f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE90F 17184 bytes
SHA-256: bd4a900259dce4f52e6b72cba2d2cccc27331c51365264a2cbc9ff56cc25971d
font_02_sfnt_off0001150f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1150F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1