Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67a3fba8ad106d0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-08-07 03:24:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f33cb949c34aae76a4c4c7e445dfc61c SHA-1: 23298645ed2f736dc8848d4ffdf714c019299353 SHA-256: 67a3fba8ad106d0d1a22d88b09c331f132d5250c9a6b6052b5d631df45981261
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via these redirects.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.nuyew.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d0755e3f858d3433f71ab70140c2b9a/jetusilipuzugemewe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://iccarrentals.com/files/file/pidij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ccf7b8124cb5ee24cccd85baf3fe791/53184137993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d1c247e9d---40046526303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carriewoodfamily.com/clients/5/5b/5b9f2fb360c4065436fb7fe1267c3612/File/8578720824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krantiservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/folun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52739819275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/lerokapajikenotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smith-williamssisters.com/clients/d/dd/dd6cbc7353a6ef31c13ccaa63ab862ac/File/88625893649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/35680351494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987f1936d09---siwonovafirosolef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610da4710fb7e---23912391899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impressivetravelvietnam.com/upload/files/73150844721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocatoandreabruschi.it/userfiles/files/74023801675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gagiongvitgiong.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96930000412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9f9ebd4f5c---makobewut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yenhuy.vn/upload/files/degibako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/27281601828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f835a6aaf21---fabunaretez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c988b36f4ff45ebdb4c5855a106786f9/572728983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://open-call.fr/uploaded/files/29041192510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a6fb07a82a4a0582f7a65cf86583f4a/guzaxofedatog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/wumidurukoxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=la+vida+in%C3%BAtil+de+pito+p%C3%A9rez+analisisPDF 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_off0000e79c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE79C 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 392533522fef63a2ad2a90a4d791d6cb28a1f59187c5f2cffde08020a4ad78c0
font_01_sfnt_off0001001d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1001D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001182f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1182F 18452 bytes
SHA-256: 2adba5b9b45f8efc2a61b7c1e5a4a905cf1239de4a55c7c69691c4a495a0b5c3