Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67eacb54868233c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-07-13 10:47:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 7e07f4650654529ded9670f118d815c0 SHA-1: c33cd98524caee898fe615bdc0ebb9e1446918c0 SHA-256: 67eacb54868233c33cebea1b028147a39468d9d0e2b8c1d597e3a7b965c97bd7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised or disposable hosting sites, likely to distribute further malware or conduct phishing. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28b860de5a---fesafuzilobakulemo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bojakoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/52836498091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a0d4bc4b7---ligavejupaweposozem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3af9b3d115---taguvopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2d732d6564---tanerarogegogijutixofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1f2ed02bafff3ed537539042c0b9bfe/basedap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d128e9a9f0b0b12ecc16058fbf7dda2/vijupojiwapaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaneighbors.com/userimages/kejivukagoriboduwitojabid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4088704da0539880d896d1f26a6209ab/setunesovupujatopemesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyobel.itpublic/file/33261260107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interwork.sk/userfiles/file/lugerazifaxubige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/81949087534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filtrydokoparek.pl/img/all/39037213460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3cd35afd6c---54738687383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ecfdc9e5910a8d7812d0ec0debac62f/rudip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vgdhjth71j075dc2gn95ot69k5/92719720965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ab280a548d0791798d7c7085ba494e1/pusuruwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eternalbliss.net/file/83342187288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9325f37f50a5c49c10ddbaad442b7f1b/wasubudegirulodinubut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/435397c4d9e83f285063bfd695ef6478/tadokutumupuwofobezokoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=free+betting+tips+todayPDF 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_off0000effb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFFB 16848 bytes
SHA-256: 94e35d490f8592e6020f05b5096c38af0410e6d658fbd1df7f65f0ca2e98bfb7
font_01_sfnt_off00011c2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C2E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013445.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13445 10752 bytes
SHA-256: afe3d2762cea17d106f4838bf2d550db031c1d469bec7e8d6aeff298f3bb2e8e