Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67316e7768b38506…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-07-27 06:21:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 2e9162bd9f317cddcfeca6e85e6039a1 SHA-1: 21c4d6750c6810645ca28210c6d95681fb8de6eb SHA-256: 67316e7768b38506e9024a1c0895b83629bea370f8f2be48f5d417982c5d9353
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The PDF structure itself is heavily obfuscated, likely to hide the malicious JavaScript.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p3qhq4t29q3tbkbbjrmfoi9vlt/96154326001.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b3f491917---37888946102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naszymsladem.pl/upload/file/22345599641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handientu.vn/userfiles/file/rarakowerulagotonaxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cce2284d31---59506902847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a500dfc00cc---tazodizawumuxigivop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5d3d0a877---92463092221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protectname.xyz/whoisprivacy/userfiles/files/wexuzaxodikimopivumemig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079aab17a093---4204555829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/62638389176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsclassof1970.org/clients/872719/File/lumiwinadev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ffccac7df---3179044266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607778f8cd1e1---52569407888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27fa691237---woxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/33199346693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/xawexunabetaxeronipilota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a213f2c628d43fec0ac2f05d5c811f4a/rudasam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deltastal.ru/userfiles/file/sipuxatarefuvuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotokeramika.bg/userfiles/file/lidog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///84423845241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakyaaerospacedefence.com/userfiles/file/13891712957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19jkr3s3vc0fglu746l2c5mgsc/87352892648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/sigefud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kosironisiritugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+4+types+of+listeningPDF 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_off0000fe80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE80 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011692.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11692 16928 bytes
SHA-256: aa158b5cddfcb01f3727c6280cbab725908e6623c99f92e2435f4cd6db5a331b
font_02_sfnt_off00014256.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14256 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 9eb04ae6f408835197a0ecb7015ab1b0a83538eaed183ed5757fdd949c2b9c48