Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67879a8b56fcfd2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-08-15 09:29:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 161e0969aea550f2356d2676ccfd00b1 SHA-1: 7b696ad7fa4c858fb8ac4c93a27a287484140852 SHA-256: 67879a8b56fcfd2fe505b04fa5e0e153392c535a2645557964283d2d6be21966
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nuevo+himnario+adventista+indice+por+temas PDF link annotation
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c03d1c8546---penigebosegusoxemivune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e2c9ee6d13fc8adfe0b410ca6012c88/tunotejopilegivogonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgpreceptor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xupejiwipusumer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dehayemek.net/upload/ckfinder/files/22771453403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidichike.com/upload/files/50965059465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurempat.com/contents//files/nukusilomuzipefexesefesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/29055705754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ksmt.edu.np/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85468552668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/2661186630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chatanakonci.cz/userfiles/file/692284985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3860f505e2e3d7ff4741b1da8dd01d9e/79944405750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duonglaohanoi.com/userfiles/file/vegogewokotewewimitun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pqf4j3h6o4knelvt36i6097gi5/doxojesif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d9c75b87728c28c7e8171f8029ee6a7/22492271069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/66227277525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/32340033036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/file/14922347268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607652fde8fbf---nabiwolozudasilidejenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd02f0b8322---gixodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dcb16a4064dfce7644bcbe4b99f60e1/jevebixonoguzotigajadamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-menu.hu/editor_up/nodajotamikutugim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161070790305ad---duzagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonellascarpittadesigner.it/userfiles/files/zarebajitif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tryinvest.eu/userfiles/files/borepunof.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_off0000ef0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF0B 18544 bytes
SHA-256: 4b434d24d824096d5b41095f092bd881388a033dda14e36169d4f9fa36608cf5
font_01_sfnt_off00011e4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E4B 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 5721eef3cce36150d653fd098978c0de04207c7e3ac372d3fe997fee34282b1f
font_02_sfnt_off0001374b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1374B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1