Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67ab928c62ec52c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:20:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 3280858cae735af49bb9663fe98a824a SHA-1: bd661db2b61c5847d7f88f2b7c45a11e60d1a290 SHA-256: 67ab928c62ec52c5f096d52dbf44d76955ed1f1db5f2954906f90a5cdfe1c45e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute phishing or malware. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65558b73325e1d8590240403752c82e6/36538153.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b32f90c708f---dumepozeguref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45aac39e6e9d12b4c1a031d635eb9bd7/84731079406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b03b54444e9bd4a27721ca786704b732/poxewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29dd455c5f42a4a1ee9dde07722ef76d/titinowavakikelipuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lecieldesandes.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sebosugeradidowanekuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebd.su/UFD/7623/files/12258838750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banghenails.com/upload/file/95541709460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/56406681615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1cd30dcdef---11744476443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611665f3baef1---98285066755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheers-gifts.com/userfiles/45816968171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecableapp.com/FCKeditor/FCKimgUpload/file/fefob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3b3613fcb---penumesavopokulevewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fobosgrunt.ru/files/ckfinder/files/15210918339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elesud.it/img_pagine/file/83636832153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coutleelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pogiwofezixenujodezaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0965818789.com/CKEdit/upload/files/48734487464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tucsokszekszard.hu/images/news/file/2803243563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=the+domestication+and+exploitation+of+plants+and+animals+pdfPDF 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_off0000cfa5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFA5 17384 bytes
SHA-256: ae70e28523da6c5a26847b6bb8dc0d66e7770f7b4637b96df66bf49075fe1cd4
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCC8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000114df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114DF 10852 bytes
SHA-256: ac9868f04d0a5d6b8f4c331ad09d88a780c423a337a4d2fc3d6b24710fe04ee3