Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67581f42bbba37ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:00:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 63a8d47c017220a9623eed6143dc0ffe SHA-1: 4a6e80c2f1418605dbbbd7a87803519d0d0d30b4 SHA-256: 67581f42bbba37ab5924c60a2639c8103fed951fc56dc65e67f5684bdda69b9f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier indicating a high probability of maliciousness. The file functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous potentially compromised or disposable domains, likely for SEO manipulation or to host further malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple external URIs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

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.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f9e886bf92---98124615318.pdf
    • http://3will.org/soubory/files/71523529608.pdf
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b8be29878d---sutuxiz.pdf
    • http://fouladsazanco.com/Upload/file/67996533387.pdf
    • http://smart-ventures.ch/upload/Editor_Images/files/92284952187.pdf
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-24/20210524204820710853.pdf
    • http://pwr-tech.ru/userfiles/file/80222248313.pdf
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/89943001671.pdf
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/36976465119.pdf
    • https://salubrismd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67787ae0082c07e73d7955501d51d916/10954462789.pdf
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38qeltr25tb570hnb415r298q5/nekipoviluz.pdf
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606df584eaf2e---joworoliwibazositakexiw.pdf
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b196af255---korafinofawobowiloxiwivi.pdf
    • http://alltechsro.cz/files/52179039731.pdf
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795145acd8e---33804955931.pdf
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094996ba6da4---kodowozifosirupasuwepiwe.pdf
    • http://ehsclassof64.com/clients/b/bf/bfa5c4411462ceee4a19e543862d902c/File/32669324840.pdf
    • https://audit-advisers.com/userfiles/file/maxunotim.pdf
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/97463846702.pdf
    • http://amphorabeautyclub.com/campannas/file/ranodevevuzuguselin.pdf
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769522637cf---55501014883.pdf
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53ce172c4435cb662411b1904ad3f756/60632027634.pdf
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cda90a2bacd3cd975873376217e1c2d/28311861640.pdf
    • http://skyfestival.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29328631700.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=class+12+history+all+chapter+name
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d13f636feb---26899487462.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011564.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11564 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012d7b.bin
f324927adff21aa394955418b3d49b6a48bb95bbd1394f6a280097c2c243bc1d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D7B 10956 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000146df.bin
67ea3853f4c3cbd28b6453b9858f961addf6550e06444a6175f9f8775e72df0c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146DF 17860 bytes