Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67e6ec12bce6cd16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 15:58:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 8afd4ef1dc98f35c2920dc42b18eb2d8 SHA-1: 5f6fb16f89d86c1674696feef86aee31f76d17be SHA-256: 67e6ec12bce6cd1609877e380b437f5339fc5ae6703d64b76d9af520ddcf2c2c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and other domains, indicative of a link farm or phishing lure. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine results or redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://francois-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12250920791.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608235d743bdc---kududiwuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ca21afa21bbf258d3d1595c46544d95/sirajekajagilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47b2a071f8---mepogomok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888464362fa---89822855539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biothiennam.com/media/ftp/file/wuforozadapopofasiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kup-vino.cz/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zikuwikorogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfadb67b276---jozaliludodobewexin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a517f72e7f2---33912979292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artetendasud.it/userfiles/files/bamonoxujiwisuminemud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797c1de32d3---5060284811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29bf36fdbee18aed06ed057884e5ece9/58713897627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ad7f81acd70ed0ccdcdde3a0d6a34ed/45862045153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/1113132729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optykglowacki.pl/obrazki/files/89812848522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voyagerf.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14f0e8c464ef9a612d48abc9536ef574/vadido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6df842ce6---rasuvakariker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/diwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c95971bd0d0d5a8682a34a93a4346bb1/muvorivubufuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e475f1205---tadabivijetobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3dd992f02a---74078471742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090aae3dfd99---mixigatiwakidir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d1u8apae1ou10cfg6tg43thtm/sojofozifukuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t1m07cn1322vu9n5jke8ucgg78/1456966791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d03c3fb35da543910f4954a6ee036a9/45793052942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=ielts+sample+papers+with+answersPDF 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_off0000edd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000105e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105E6 16308 bytes
SHA-256: 4c4d97e9668757d3f6451a452b9b2a08076b4fdb9809edea084b74e1f96b5dd3
font_02_sfnt_off0001300d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1300D 10432 bytes
SHA-256: 93fed93b262dd058335d6874845aa01bf517da1654f1da57a78bafb3a32a8874