Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67be43733bc6521a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-07-23 19:24:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f0053d3f8391e1d3e191485b5f2ffc99 SHA-1: c0623adf0606e325201e212517a8cc3d4bf438fe SHA-256: 67be43733bc6521a00d6b86d06319c5f7741009a281e2432530a8aa76c80b9ca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicates a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://palaciodelosnavas.com/userfiles/file/14118414189.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/80305105155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2623641ebee9dd7a250e6df3b8ce53ce/gatijupefumudinafuxabexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/59569512423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alirezamirmohammadi.com/images/upload/files/sizizerupisoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb021ccb3f60c0acb2c890f79eb89159/zemen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094833e4d6be---nujadujasonexinilut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupophi.es/uploads/files/59831767805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agenbenangbandung.net/file/50310239549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ee6519337---fiwufiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xedabalenupurozubomages.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bean2beenefamilytree.com/clients/60578/File/48516137438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gullyracing.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nibimikedesajizufidadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4166819153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/83361605042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a78fd2da886cf888c386a3c6cf79d28d/refafofuzabilemedake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/434afed913a346d15ff4077d7369089a/meroxira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionnakrizankach.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52186557803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aff4e43930c---60740025929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e9763eed1---15298070575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lueckerreunion2020.com/clients/e/eb/eba09433058400eda594a485f9004317/File/28296570954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/btnthnjd16gjdmm32agslk8t2a/bufasuzufabafodasekatilek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+restore+an+old+singer+sewing+machinePDF 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_off0000f98a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF98A 16992 bytes
SHA-256: f6d35b5fa25d67ce538656f8ca4dc0518d6401436f55879110490a0a8cebf75e
font_01_sfnt_off000125b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125B8 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 788495ef2651e5688ebeda946dcbc4e4159971a9b08c03c3c06ed57281cb36c1
font_02_sfnt_off00013e8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1