Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67ab2945a6e4bb1e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.0 KB Created: 2021-07-03 00:51:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 16e75a9ec07161efe2159b78572cee86 SHA-1: 09977209e95886ea518a4586aa5a1db8eb20da1b SHA-256: 67ab2945a6e4bb1e6c399308c1f3edec92c120107db6053ec2060a92d4447ad1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. The use of 'utm_term' in URLs suggests an attempt to track user engagement with the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9921

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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=light+tailed+distribution PDF link annotation
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a084d7bb82c---vojumiminorimozak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interwork.sk/userfiles/file/kafizozabezalajef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3b0d713ae---76262664786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607529f78fc67---bituxefagevikebusenele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jafokegovabesurekoneje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f3f92f654---dusigis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9b234eff9---36926520258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c983eec81---20272670971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inezorviskids.com/clients/37546/File/38810083196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o64kb9kjolk7rog7ik2ie2o362/jukefebizibobijalodewuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g7vhfojt3dnhgsptcrjsddkcj5/16114217943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe7eacd007e57141493803fe1636433f/26182195565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aa-nusd.jp/rivukavesidakufawez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/feritimafuzadak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kki4rqv9r1c3krpah5vcpv1e9h/38380529029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademia-jedenastka.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/ganosewisimubazovusekulup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a628712ac3e---17940291090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607014637433f---77913269096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7025fppj25illmqb4onmhpk24b/21022109033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh-ruiyangcpa.com/userfiles/file/2021-6///20216101323194165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fruitvita.com/files/files/68490105198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://choinka4x4.org/cms/files/file/1651362290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tikatalog.sk/_files/file/rajereg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/68380138529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ft9897945u89oepp51htukp5n7/letoditezaginigide.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_off000142ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142CE 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 13c8d12773889dcc3a10438485da2cf11fa2eae338c57ef8290913f713d8837a
font_01_sfnt_off00015b1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B1A 21348 bytes
SHA-256: 70c55a97b5ce5ba88f306e97d2c013c7490fbb5149b6b18412847f3e86a4076f
font_02_sfnt_off0001955e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1955E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1