Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67cafa1667fdd0d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 05:12:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 065a44b0c427ab345faffb2b33ca8c69 SHA-1: 8e868678dc9e6b7706a7775fa1d6f60406f17608 SHA-256: 67cafa1667fdd0d790fb20a58e0f187b016e62ed56efaa3efd03253a67cf6d6c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised websites, a common tactic for distributing malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to facilitate the download of a second-stage payload, likely through a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • 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://sanzmendia.com/userfiles/files/91523017258.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bluebirdcanada.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210903_09599FA42CD777A0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xasusarulopinudevevitote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekopaczka.pl/imgbrama/files/luvalufimikoxaxafifejivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highspiritsmusic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72456212314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161445681b7ed3---93849428086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c8fca4320b1e93b58fbe636feaef7de/42508140896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freshchannels.com/home/sites/freshchannels/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76692915357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kop-trans.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/45960763158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafosaleservice.cz/images/fck_editor/file/wokewizolozojamivona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngshiny.com/userfiles/file/1631983780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahzgbh.news-read.com/upload/files/xofuwalemezadugeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/buxokotakar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sv0jeugmctkhjmnl56dc55nouv/12758502460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dralituncer.net/userfiles/file/ximugina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebaldebaran.eu/userfiles/files/tapepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bartonsteel.com/tony/barton/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jajuwuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangrilayunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.ca/upload/editor/file/64198230847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyenghun.com/new/upload/board/files/33812689031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konchris.com/userfiles/file/1630847850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banderlogclub.ru/Files/file/62515951342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c6592314a8---tanitakeludapasizas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindentudor.hu/userfiles/file/93175678827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=pocket+medicine+8th+edition+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000e698.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE698 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000feaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEAA 17780 bytes
SHA-256: 4b9a0b96f0ebbc9e94e19606ca12e233416c8cf87fb9e14b330469b4b7b65123
font_02_sfnt_off00012d1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D1B 11104 bytes
SHA-256: ac87d14bc8e78446e8053f5027ee018bf1025880845448136e8a2ff665e2926b