Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 676cf0d463110460…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 14:19:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 40261e6818752e28254a35c79f719415 SHA-1: 55f3d42295332ca9e6deb74868faf19e17fdd3f3 SHA-256: 676cf0d463110460c745f81eaee77523b0399059e75cb5f979e1a880ded08489
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload storage. The PDF likely uses JavaScript to initiate a redirect to these external links, serving as a lure for phishing or further malware delivery. The presence of numerous unknown URLs suggests a broad distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://vgi-vn.vn/app/webroot/img/files/budimosemiviki.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abwpetersburg.com/uploads/files/wumemaden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topoint.cc/userfiles/fckFile/20210913035349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parbatsamajjapan.com/img/files/files/72575718241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyqjsj.com/UploadFile/file/20210911023115425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyhanool.com/ckupload/files/19947484814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/70268332447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysilo.com/upload/ckfinder/files/23758667157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obchodsezlatem.cz/upload/files/87676992322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da74c08ac57c191070928d16ae5a834a/miditakuvigafuwevoponavis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161362d3f8bd2d---92052898309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161309f2fab5c4---mokifizik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hftyby.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-1/20210901134905550441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambridgekapurthala.com/damana/userfiles/file/55893179845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntep2008.com/UserFiles/File/81523349857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141b766152a1---notizabavazojiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/707e8e49520f1acbb9ad2a4ba409523b/sumetosuvavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/kaxizogixibiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariailmarzocco.it/userfiles/files/zatudutit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetis156.neutronds.com/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45841208923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywymc.com/userfiles/file/26640746595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.piramideidiomas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82128930253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e64dc392fd1477b37a8b6e1e5ae36f03/vipisotiwexobefug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ametansk.ru/uploads2/sakejefibudilamobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olddieselparts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dekivoxufipod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=osi+developed+byPDF 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_off0000ef02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF02 18520 bytes
SHA-256: 556fd134c27b601bc170ff0106429db036c1b8d6101212c313724f31ec071007
font_01_sfnt_off00011f35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F35 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001374c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1374C 10264 bytes
SHA-256: 5d093d97f52320edcafbfec037509c3d6dcd13a6186c4274c3c49ff5a18ac592