Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 867ecb42fa50ed54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-27 07:13:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 08227bc6f5bd28983b81d4a33932ec7e SHA-1: 82b176ea862fae9663ad53a23623ee3861fc4498 SHA-256: 867ecb42fa50ed54ad3707e6fee4c31a56d201a0af704c7c6d3d88d3114320f8
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and is flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites, including one hosted on a WordPress upload directory. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or redirect the user to a malicious site, aligning with phishing and malware distribution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ab9948ea6b9534cef63f3bcad0b0a75/67907907604.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rowsontw.com/shopadmin/upload/files/13695266927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ablerexthailand.com/userfiles/files/3188846693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopabrang.com/images/files/siruzuwonuborevifelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66807163771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ebe5a0c85a---963344403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a3f7798748---89220590555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146f47d07b49---famipinew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://producto.works/userfiles/file/wisis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gs-metals.com/filespath/files/20210901141002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/155dbef041dcdbf00b4116118a7558c8/xekotaruru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakefruit.com/uploads/files/202109010904241852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nezrenweb.com/calisma2/files/uploads/narutaparegokezasit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teamtrinity.net/trinitya/file/virudulamizitugel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hataylezzeti.com/resimler/files/68109210149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fejixomuduxunumidomosovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80d8079384e61a5858f4de034602f184/54555386742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aa969b9c3bd9b45dd5b629a8c978769/bujadup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suliaox.com/v15/Upload/file/20219161456302484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ooexperience.be/assets/Image/files/46316815585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointvirgule.ca/upload/editor/file/xarekaxazutewiwuriben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plechotice.sk/tmp/file/mazeranavukuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topmebli.com/content/xuploadimages/file/74462480284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centromp.it/userfiles/files/51810415578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvumayphoto.vn/webroot/img/files/96856781317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=android+21+dragon+ball+superPDF 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_off0000b374.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB374 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB86 15208 bytes
SHA-256: 1cba40d96af2745f063e9f0092f498aed329bbf46e2f8d9a95df3567193c54de
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1EB 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 95c491a62b434bfacc186918c34c3ba6af4592d4adbbc07d45761bf3b9714e9d