Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67a46b67819b0401…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-08-31 20:25:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9fc27e8ca0a4f3482434c0039e7a99a4 SHA-1: 75e2ae93dd70ce2e7953b62c60ed34929bd91682 SHA-256: 67a46b67819b0401db732afbb8968cfd466db4b72b845d40485c48b53e2e13ba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed as a lure to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7v3jre626c19854gfrh7n04u53/xutenuneda.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thumpamonpally.com/userfiles/file/nogemeboxigolaxufixababix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/igs3ppjeus6v58esojmh6714rj/dipesujerobavoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amt-alarmy.pl/userfiles/file/79075658127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullhousetourism.com/UploadFiles/file/20210713133831110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnobor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kizesujipikawedivikavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3a3763c5190e2d7baf236ef1c888f53/lafugasidavaneridakiriso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86700877d76060212c5851ea8e36da5c/melukawanulexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095459a26c53---kekitesemobesijiwetoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pmfjklcva5rv1qdneqefgheam9/mimipegazavurubasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161251b556de22---92756091414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncsccalgary.com/userfiles/files/76829327376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcoderesearch.com/uploads/10159795991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.notusweb.com.br/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19238842687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1mosref.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65881346987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/82381729309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b673961389---baxabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh1961.com/clients/878968/File/37383567041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istanbulballoons.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pikal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/zoxuxuwupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a90943b604---87895793481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/veguwobofefuboxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tikatalog.sk/_files/file/nozulinovelutiwidovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/93206118098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e975a1a8c---ditupedekadogegetewiwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=recommendations+in+englishPDF 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_off0000e14a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE14A 21168 bytes
SHA-256: 26136a0fbc8a00997f9828035b2ffa57798aa0d9aeb40c7569a56ef64c3a84b3
font_01_sfnt_off00011840.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11840 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 015294b6941143ae463e3b2111502a0a85be267ef422725e0d8c8a8ec897178f
font_02_sfnt_off0001309b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1309B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1