Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67ac4b0e95f8e1cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 07:36:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: dd027b488e90b2804d17d1cee21b7889 SHA-1: fd547cc3a214fb618ac596c7946239f13112bdfe SHA-256: 67ac4b0e95f8e1cf1d5d57007f6f5d05bdfbf4b9258423cb1c6652668782cacc
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://beijingxinzhi.com/userfiles/file/20210905221641_1307838627.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://garderoba.sk/images/_file/xiwidexojebifaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsultantrading.ae/userfiles/files/54270771102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dqqidn2jtjamliftevo5med0pl/54224399510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelsafeway.com/userfiles/file/4490661832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoneza.cz/UserFiles/File/41902568036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brava-ekb.ru/userfiles/file/vizegekifaxezotozezewag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/motofetajagujekarej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrfirework.com/images/file/38508949334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanraimundo.cl/dyn/uploads/file/92183548152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.satunatc.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52853857119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otoozevran.com/resimler/files/86801567652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8ca1dc9f9b15fe6ab6b65e15ea5441d/34494894975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/dazolizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24442385675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89c076ce68c4280462d74821098d7fb3/wogajodozavapololi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konstruktor33.ru/app/webroot/files/files/90595569346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalcircle.club/userfiles/file/65024017951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique-u.biz/images/uploads/file/sebesaxapitijanapimukoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netron.pt/app/webroot/media/files/vuvobonozewulomel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barefoothoa.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47454659397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsnursing.in/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97003007296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korsorlampang.net/user_img/files/69829922144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e31587708b---71499218451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fac6c58af0---69000899454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaltubi.com/container/ckfiles/files/zerolugojilexowibunagoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tri-or.fr/tri-or/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/54022261246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=offroad+outlaws+hack+unlimited+money+and+goldPDF 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_off0000e285.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE285 11340 bytes
SHA-256: 74abb810244d24553dd1fca9614ecc482bc188fceb2c03ca3ca1014e5024465c
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCEC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000114fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114FE 18740 bytes
SHA-256: e53dc9ddd949ab78711fc6bb7b7b42798c9d883d5eb379be80d0a60eb23e41cf