Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67548e788c4628c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-10-25 19:49:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: ab51841055fa713c77779b269c8b7ccc SHA-1: 8133614979c5196740f0fd8cfd85fffccbf9d46d SHA-256: 67548e788c4628c091da59d806d2b3aa8311ecaf1f65b3ce4a99b18fbb2c3cfe
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it functions as a link farm or redirects users to malicious sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further support this, indicating a pattern of directing users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mljmme9qu2rbctqb930acord54/79586316065.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jamesandsons.ca/userfiles/file/669247861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodsafebox.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pipobovajuxukovevori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnvvr.ro/userfiles/file/51140974385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161344cf850f56---1518308964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://symbioticlifetech.org/attfile/fckimg/file///20211019124850_838931438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baove247.org/upload/files/kezijalitosurewuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilksolar.com/Images/Media/files/ganepuzawiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopedrazzini.eu/userfiles/files/28825420429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614129ffd9868---19309207870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16158b0f64f2b0---gurolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/zosuzinogesepodatodabowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161495952215a7---gujopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadharshilaschool.org/userfiles/file/64456519056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labonscafe.com/userfiles/zerapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c972edcdf62d65dd622b42efb8db9d6f/xusadomefelunuboded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wyslijpaczki.pl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/file/fabejexufafafewezupim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art4you.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/4749552950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auto-ecole-acm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6586401829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easytravel63.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tumubokufodek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secohthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/gujafefogusuwolajuvega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchkar.com/ci/userfiles/files/bigor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graylegalservices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/37488317643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-try.tw/upfile/files/2021/09/23/6838638927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiquim.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90406421983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoshitorionline.com/uploads/files/kaporewisonoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/xPAns0MRe5M/uplcv?utm_term=petroleum+geology+quiz+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0000df9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF9C 18196 bytes
SHA-256: 7438145a94f635b12d919f33eff8cb3bd85d9dc8a6433396edbb8cfe6aec241b
font_01_sfnt_off00010e7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012695.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12695 11100 bytes
SHA-256: ffa864611ae685c53035871e44862edb82f15f87885aab15f0cfd3049d6b2a08