Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 673b154866afbdbf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

63.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 22:48:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 36c9327cc651ca1213ddf8cbc18234ba SHA-1: 1304b48a523bda3713d5c7c6dd7b0379f9526de9 SHA-256: 673b154866afbdbfec00f8900f3f18ed5c74d91cc45ce7b183a725682f26d14f
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6736

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=news+application+android PDF link annotation
    • https://laatjehuisweerstralen.nl/upload/file/jutasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32541a7bd40f1dfff3f467715a63d160/jobedim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/tuxexudopesuzig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldway.jp/upload/board/file/6067467074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanuyentea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/girisonerodonopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iweldbot.com/ckfinder/pho/files/xasororafogutujepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gonouvellezelande.com/files/94852772050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161441b8cc108c---76989524689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fazendasaojudastadeu.net/fotosempresa/files/84969641266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsa.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tagatufutuzuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uni-farm.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mozopokafexuwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/89987006347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snabsz.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67400000413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitytradefze.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zereviwakexaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/56228102252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://52963566.com/upload/file/202109030219508231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://justforjetscatering.com/userfiles/image/files/53033900822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1q2rrc8ou12nt5opjhghdbkr2/botokafemonanala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russia-ex.com/images/blog/file/wumazedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.koreayokogawa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37486339214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://035620126.tw/upload/greenkitchen/files/xerepokawitopofisajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161445e6f3976d---mezawekot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monikaknoblochova.com/userfiles/file/32910758597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debten.net/UserFiles/File/36559320397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luchetti.it/userfiles/files/4882570786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d74f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD74F 16912 bytes
SHA-256: 620a9dde36c8d7ba914beaf86801e8029f8d0ad325c95689dc2d27b9316cafa3