Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67b7644d6d3c9007…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 14:23:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b1a50daa93131a97cdd831c189d46ff8 SHA-1: 5fe2efa8d5d25553a4b0d04a813d1af2ac8a3ccb SHA-256: 67b7644d6d3c9007e69edfa12cc9de2d550b880a9468852209ce3f55e9bb0ee6
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The 'SE_CLICKFIX' heuristic indicates the document likely attempts to trick users into executing commands directly, a common tactic for bypassing macro restrictions and delivering payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9850

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=play+exe+on+android PDF link annotation
    • http://www.dilipprabhavalkar.com/images/file/rugusifisuvomef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tramtronbetong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/71227258505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161387819b4388---72738931341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rdmsrl.it/userfiles/files/12482500154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/rikerudotekati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.loscam.com/lib_common/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jabujek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmei.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55777490551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulgankhangai.mn/userfiles/files/wuturogoworubopobunivuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408fb6d76dd---78298339113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e7e8b1c5d9---91682418827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lovenixixojinoserakutabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apnm.indexint.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wemefugarunexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emblem4home.com/UserFiles/Member/File/65631661637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bompentax.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/tagez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walterchiropracticclinic.com/home/walter/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bineziravikutoloni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webdatedepot.com/userfiles/file/90884505118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khlongtoei-nfe.com/library/userfiles/file/lukowaxogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhrc.in/userfiles/file/24637738785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callmarkinvestments.fortunekenya.com/callmark/files/55238096793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161404322b1204---76885276633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conflictfreeelectronics.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/renuka/file/vuduxonalubujit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail.me.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210912_113406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81113811300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiophotosfashion.it/userfiles/files/fopopoxevamarap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velapower.com/glwh/UploadFile/file/2021091408064973499.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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c9b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1BD 2152 bytes
SHA-256: 80a8241b9be5c0b76ba1961b71f52e2b9ba79942e17b7aa784ce628adfc2d7e6
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB65 22396 bytes
SHA-256: f6d4016251eb399a6c24a631c4f7a0010db1c6bdaa58676478bfd3da08e0b369
font_03_sfnt_off000123bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123BF 10192 bytes
SHA-256: 8ef70ab56b1c864297062af8f5489bb3c5aa850d15962d799dc81ed352bc642d
font_04_sfnt_off00013aa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AA9 16164 bytes
SHA-256: a0f26d9ec2bc0bbc84dfb8c1a224a49f7f70479ac92e21d726acd811d43f3bd1