Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 676201fce68f9474…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.1 KB Created: 2021-08-08 07:45:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: a7c01898ccbae1325994f44cd7563f62 SHA-1: c628c0a02741ccc9c449907ebec3ffc20ff50438 SHA-256: 676201fce68f9474e47debada5c6513e48262cd1067696e524344e4ca71699ee
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. Multiple heuristics point to the PDF acting as a link farm, directing users to various websites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest this PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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://yuhenganquan.com/userfiles/file/20210602165154_642807328.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iqo1nrks6c7murtp947ic1u4uf/xokikolebudutabutopenubap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/xezojexixevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc-israel.ru/upload/files/suwewita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p30jns2is15o2o5pf7q25krlq3/wanufatibumudidetojewik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medosojewellery.com/userfiles/files/49288787379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071dbd1d3b4d---48792974378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80c9e54261fff2019742664599a148e6/megogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paramountswimwear.com/userfiles/files/39624946521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badischer-kunstverein.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16662998815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morabia.fi/images/file/vovugonomenovetorovos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/67039083221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2eafcc5200---39976870336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aab4751749bb62757bcffff01d8ea201/73988560711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paolacaone.eu/userfiles/files/zifajananuzupebowuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffaf5310720edc63282ecc99fcfd3d49/94949439634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://28777886.com/Lpf/UPFILE/userfiles/files/ruratolakar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://se-ty.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/9696418642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/mutitaxepexilim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/26237464696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horacebatten.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xetebaxuxisegubugigobulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070beb74ff9c---lunebologajezenarud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alumcity.ru/userfiles/file/8150841500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfup106am07an9e887mffb9s18/womoburidufadokaxozatataw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebiocell.com/uploadfile/file///2021061523375010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=descargar+contrato+de+arrendamiento+minerva+lleno+ejemploPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4b4ca36848863b0b98c52610954cb23/98886573308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off000125c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013ddb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DDB 18896 bytes
SHA-256: a22c59d9061e6bbb0f3de0c3fc61c80679b6d6fcb905eb616e223327339316a7
font_02_sfnt_off00016dae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16DAE 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 66dc063607bb865dc9b48ac8df6ac0bba885bc4e16fb9724630b82ad4ca0dea1