Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62fea8eabd8a2959…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 03:59:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 065420bf19747e6483074eb10768daf6 SHA-1: 83ffbf7071152524387549d87a5a672fdb4a5489 SHA-256: 62fea8eabd8a2959e0be2c0ad3539722cb2fce2f1912b733ea6f0876aef1b003
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. This structure, combined with the ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan', strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm nature are indicative of malicious intent to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffcm357qlndg1b9pk7ju4robc1/kelujigesuwojazute.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/548tkcj3nsjkq9tn7lf8rco8e9/90767854048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69487650227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae743862b64---lojunaxonaviparujuvuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df8c0d6ee208f235218fed5a1481b422/gewitotokajabapibabew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efdea75498fc18902f2e160baeec0653/gusadadorenesirekuwaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/buzejukadofesixogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/67273575284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnogonomerov.ru/uploads/file/zumelobezogefudamipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/33720331597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/740818a7f291b2de969c0245b9de0279/nuwotorowefani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web68s.com/upload/files/71732970703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmagostaran.com/Upload/file/28444427596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logiccpacma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99019382254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://computerzone.pk/file/fesopetuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e60a9bc886---famafovugapulubek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774a62bb9a4---ninolilagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d03f68a5b28---85767210229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hutbephottaihaiphong24h.com/upload/files/xazebovirozewini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3se1lohmlat4vqcamnutk2hu4a/nujonoketen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kyanite.tv/userfiles/file/84140522079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=department+of+education+accreditationPDF 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_off0001048c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1048C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011c9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C9E 18216 bytes
SHA-256: 63867d5fed48c8e433c0446ef281dcd4dea6130318dc1e3b124a11894490c7e6
font_02_sfnt_off00014c01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C01 10668 bytes
SHA-256: b582f5a468bea4b8546006a362011487c2b8c2c70169b4ad9c498aa8bc0e344f