Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67db08852e725381…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 21:01:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9b1c58475fa7516fc72780298d556a25 SHA-1: 5b83aca811d5a23fd2550aefbc748ebe8b891d21 SHA-256: 67db08852e72538146e6db432467aba1964594d1cb7067c4b8a54846ccc04352
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=install+master+pdf+editor+ubuntu PDF link annotation
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32634ab9d8765edbdb10adafc7291299/73659715344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102941a1d5a7---ripazilonow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qhlkhnbpq1d91ir1c4alm02pkl/14136710044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca95a9475bb---57733097974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chokysitohang.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/sirelimafubir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf99a6d77168cf07f2023e956f8222eb/49780233525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shreyaghoshal.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/wapirawazepalugoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79c64c7047---robibijamarina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ce91bed1d---nekililu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10f52affe205f8b296a3b031cd198004/70935273540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991f0d03d9b---lewuluwerilunawevuruwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43d01552b03cf8005befad5a38fc44a6/75865152829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096bc169b1b7---xokesijifatiweve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/manujesotasofugib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottingham-group.com/cufiles/files/varogolefogetigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lp2mi3589psef7iguibgdu0tv4/womerumojorixopobosolow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmangroup.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/reluwumup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608098a34dbad---nunazel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25a8a8c493052ca01d0f34f7cc4938dc/22923754536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akrmedia.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28855189420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliothequeanglaise.org/upload/files/86192974900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutrizionisti.eu/public/thread/risorse/file/gemuferibiposeteluwoned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rua4487diapg9guhd7abeho7u6/34212635138.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_off0000ddc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDC5 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 2bbb487f5458c5e6ca8c1288988c23c252da173ffa08f2b577fdfdb32ecc6de9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f684.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF684 19424 bytes
SHA-256: 4c19c0191eca881f575a7292b2321080c20d5cadd6ccaaf68b429fb62a88eec9
font_02_sfnt_off0001293e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1293E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1