Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67099229b0eeed70…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.1 KB Created: 2021-08-19 03:29:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f2238898d89f0a61184ec85617257680 SHA-1: 2473d64092941395c18cb2aeb86e27efb32ad87e SHA-256: 67099229b0eeed7073f57c72c1e3a0297edccc36c90f0d770da1e92cff26c6c4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple links on potentially compromised infrastructure suggests an attempt to obscure the true destination or leverage SEO tactics for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9726

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://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef79814692---97337492666.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nguoixunghekiev.vn/userfiles/file/gobevap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e55dbdbdc3---43624159398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hb8om16our6j7dnja9sj040is9/2524253949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822f495e231---26385867987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fonfe.com/uploads/files/tipubativ.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxiluzern.ch/khurasan/userfiles/files/kiruvabamijezulelaxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882354c51f7---38858676083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8qdo7t81j0ogjpaeej9cafj0a9/62550484059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b0cccace5fe337c8171d417c49bb27d/niwediwutoligasexudid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kizkulesikizogrenciyurdu.com/public/ckfinderuploads/files/pijosebidufiguwejasux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/60047728298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovechardonnayhills.com/userimages/25974561141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droprint.my/home/ququ4923/public_html/userfiles/file/musaxotowokanun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burchiellati.com./file_fck/file/22667448691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7fa2ed9b59808ae37c9c5f2ca88abb7/15413287370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b0ec250e48---potutiviwowan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetfanini.eu/userfiles/files/50366666134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/megukizafaxegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8e3bbb00e---lamarupevizebetutob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ddd2a375f0---36245054457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d58fe8653---toxefororesirigukozesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/pufese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tetraeng.it/userfiles/files/15792553100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6029c86978---gegewimuxijawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joewhitefamilysite.com/clients/59967/File/rovedakisigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=torment+movie+lauren+kate+release+datePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010155.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10155 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001196c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1196C 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 4fbeb4f650ebe9fe71724754ca14a1a2d310b1a3a7c841ba08774423b36f91e6
font_02_sfnt_off000131ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131BA 17964 bytes
SHA-256: 36177a21fef621484312d1c72d421ddc88a02ed0fe105b2ac09bb0dae3fb9d50
font_03_sfnt_off0001604b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1604B 16164 bytes
SHA-256: fd494554c7a7a2c4488382a78096c535ff133766c7221992be4f6a58596b2467