Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 687fa6181e825229…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-07-31 10:00:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1ae0e4a55d204fcb0a7098f9942f32a3 SHA-1: 619fa2f1cebbf0f2cef136c9eef3f3ac7e9da87b SHA-256: 687fa6181e82522982e2440397fed49c5231fa16b4965b96e5acd40a4363f967
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to distribute malware. The heuristic 'SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON' further supports the lure of a download, likely leading to a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf459a67d1b---nofuxatem.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9c12ec052---35620905499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7htdc2h2437ktlemlmlh9kdua3/96952439887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b169de522---46104141747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099cc0828e3d---15632841401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tafoto.de/img/upload/files/muridesedenunipitorutobug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.mx/userfiles/file/xovifer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myxroad.com/upload/userfiles/file///64203977305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocvn.com/userfiles/image/file/74289705863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb689f97583---lolowotoxevikapifat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/dasujawoguvodevuxokipet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eraucheta.ru/uploads/file/dumutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/bowenokujofibokurezirebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22c575bb3c---webegekule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nabsangram.com/userfiles/file/90239946149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/87897868488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wshs67rocks.com/clients/9/94/942520bde836a0b401740df6f3d23d35/File/41607501364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608172a95e203---jemerutaxibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josephfellerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nakotuwovadaruvimurejoxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arnetbilgisayar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/xepolenoxokafasenoxefor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dralituncer.net/userfiles/file/lubasudomugazomexiponako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d38b02a7547f37e91d1de6bf1f9c6fd/67449133471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liveranigioielli.it/userfiles/files/desubapuneze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=viva+video+apk+for+windows+7PDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED42 16344 bytes
SHA-256: 5cd8a120e106fc2d4fc1855603a636a3ce922decfb1b4d98f17a4a5450337c58
font_01_sfnt_off00010332.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10332 1684 bytes
SHA-256: 72bda604c77ca771a1a14ee35dc8ff354b9f00ec81e947fe844e91f3a29209ee
font_02_sfnt_off00010b39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off0001234b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1234B 17480 bytes
SHA-256: 642b9a730249e5e0f3539613fad1b9d77af90f571344d0ab8039a5fac7d2d6a0
font_04_sfnt_off0001513a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1513A 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 12285c912b256e4807290d781c37c9f70be8794d79e7897e84e9c6b9d35d2a3f