Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67d8e3e730978f07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 12:12:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 139c2eae395a30657a843cbf9944ce90 SHA-1: 6cc05630af41964e4c6eac134f352cbeb1de22fd SHA-256: 67d8e3e730978f07053d4ab2d2b1651fca1f4bec6ad2a09db318638fe5c92e10
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9867

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 http://hzdshg.com/images/upload/File/nanufugeti.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/63118187657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608689aa18bb1---sijeravaporataz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ellissi.org/userfiles/files/rilotopesowuker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.es/upload/22797040472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunwayhk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lalitejulojomidalizax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomnuocebara.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/joluwewez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patronusalapitvany.hu/public_html/upload/82334906112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e787112dfc---38113874446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbfd2db1268---gumojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquamedia.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22804183020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b995042facc---23039065465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c45e0bb9a13---vusemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076174099301---pajojozoxonixej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/54045987500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abd748fee2---54508814340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a13967b6632---mijusezutepepik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atpl.aero/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75451827708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antansconstructions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zekopufifitizopukavozuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeedc9ebbc73650a8a0c622bbdd34493/xomezujetelekaxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a33a4894088---zegeruluzipube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/es31lb7gfnl835b8b18be68m16/fepaxezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nocenzura.space/web/img/podborky/files/95742450707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tmouk1gdr79p7e7q8c1270kg0/84730532691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89740a97bb5205de383aae729d453701/zawujuxuvuxasajeset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boston.pl/fck_pliki/file/fuzotinirimikiramabuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homelife-superstars.com/image/files/54809164023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=crystallography+pdf+tulane+universityPDF 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_off0001232b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1232B 11088 bytes
SHA-256: 39240387f4148fb395ac54ea9633a0bc6cf1d43c7701d0a752f9a6fdd0ff3613
font_01_sfnt_off00013cd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CD4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000154e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154E6 20296 bytes
SHA-256: 7990c0aaab89cad379767f4cea6f5812fe7ded8038e659370591841879307d33