Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67cdc8f2807b23b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

128.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:48:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ed97331c08b2dd1940da25f2cab2a8d6 SHA-1: 494f921ce5a705bf628f135b5a695ab5bf529443 SHA-256: 67cdc8f2807b23b16deb7461a2cee0a828ef70c2052413585f811ca062f3b94a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The file contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution, consistent with a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=a+chord+passing+through+the+centre+of+the+circle+is+called PDF link annotation
    • https://tylbm.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/6365233747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bernardthevenet.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20251470846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electriccityusa.com/images/fck_uploads/file/83993082676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1f44b76954---vojasupivazikupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96205bbcbb6ebc7c197e194e0d86f394/76861223618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoto.pl/UserFiles/file/46382161186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f690b0d47d---74303000972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b8eee00d0---70879733285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5664849453e1c4238554bfce5f328cad/xumozotin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nieruchomosci-swidnica.pl/userfiles/file/nizasosogelukow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be11debcca---10836608966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baatco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53247927135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agencesramos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48781167097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2744c87be7097a049b57c6f4a286c2f/76034691053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupoaccs.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muzerexol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerproductionline.com/d/files/judejidakuduxakuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c8c7a93be0---47136543485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/sagigijolifalowinolakanok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9f13111f5---6548877902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608918d9c5645---sejupenikusukanowuvotib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yeosung21.or.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1626123061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mum1q50ujqrabghnp41frftg3q/xuwozigelowipotitenanorow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b30b24fd4---3790618670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://venefoil.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xonafexusejafi.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00018ab7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18AB7 21248 bytes
SHA-256: aec100537d6d694bfc7e3a1470593b6e0a49f03e853b31a23a1f1407ebdbb43f
font_01_sfnt_off0001c17a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C17A 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 777d7a0741b2c6ea5d1d5203d765657843b502679b7a68702af56d6ec640dfb6
font_02_sfnt_off0001dac5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DAC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1