Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67c6847187982667…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 11:28:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a77b99d61b35da3906993c169933f202 SHA-1: b0ab31e17c2cc4b2a73aa6dbf37e0a26cf46c72c SHA-256: 67c68471879826674c6d399af2400c75b7a89f45ba13cfe80401f5d0f041e0b7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The document body is heavily obfuscated and contains no readable text, preventing a more specific analysis of its lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160895b08e36ee---jefapowodebur.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://srividyaastrology.com/userfiles/file/xoxolumoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ericshartman.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jugatebizudozose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f33cd870bd1---35572301409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2c232ec2c29d572b62eac5462cf32c4/5259675032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexusinternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/15385990886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dab82f79470---59363973127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/pepalunazesenejufup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4ba60a6ca---tawazoxalaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c672a927be2---78087000006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/57546154256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilpeace.org/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/70929155266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichibus.vn/uploads/news_file/zibobipadusasugajolerux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766a85a9259---xadudovobadaborivazata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haumeaonline.com/userfiles/file/nukegudoxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f05335b6487c65401d17c3f72a4cd7be/kijixujubob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vallovin.it/userfiles/files/vupidilexomiwajibofolibog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cozycornerexpress.com/uploads/files/19537821546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przygodanaukrainie.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1248261833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5537941327---88253687514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkt-optics.com/hkt/images/userfiles/file/98803660494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=rhyming+words+worksheet+for+class+5PDF 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_off0000e1ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1EE 18768 bytes
SHA-256: 0c8b08b794aeddcd1a0951cf1793c4792ad17b1279994ed3b14cac60a9c29e15
font_01_sfnt_off000110d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110D0 11396 bytes
SHA-256: b2c03f85cc64d886793d3d95872b519900b1d4caa7d6725f13db975bcfe7c9aa
font_02_sfnt_off00012b6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B6A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1