Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a667526fbe05499b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.5 KB Created: 2021-07-17 15:52:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c264818502682616b29149ed11f3f2aa SHA-1: 6ca2015e8b95ebb00a6b59ce06865726ad7363d6 SHA-256: a667526fbe05499b8c5883b1972eb60cbf85e9c37a889274f7948df14fadef30
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or SEO abuse. The document's structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/5359170540.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df6a9b08d3c5c94166d47e56ba9f8fb1/18958984678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vandiestbrandstoffen.be/uploads/files/5152317260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c62ad427fe2e1ab30d3863d017c9d265/wulusafovovukinumunotam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/levigivivelekupewotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vytvarnyobchod.cz/UserFiles/File/38920816844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/fexabisiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1msjp2d87h5kviopiuten20g40/dalurovosonigasizazoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emannsltd.com/userfiles/15952304752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tortsurprise.ru/upload/redactor/files/dilexadakibutetifur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinda.ru/pics/images/file/sulodeluvisinumapukalira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1bca70413---91294091892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c09eda7fd---nepegizijaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9a5f3df2f---zores.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6c63324beed1b61147f99b2d4b96bd3/tujenaginufexusiganu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dunajecbiala.pl/upload/File/wagebedusotexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/jixemirutisunasosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6b8f74f05f---94501554945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://menloathertonhigh1980.com/clients/6/6f/6f83464fe0b13873896cace574d4baa5/File/80310024567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noihoithanhtuan.com/media/ftp/file/dafupenal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60cf6a9ba8dfaed3bf88c2ffb9721f6e/damakejanaxutugemad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160883a8bbab3c---42734626939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=link+cheat+map+mobile+legendPDF 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_off00011258.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11258 10884 bytes
SHA-256: a1257cf64c410540b3e465a019dfc087299355c18e1e707a1a25831e496ff199
font_01_sfnt_off00012ac9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AC9 25904 bytes
SHA-256: d4446425c64cdaad71ba6e9afac5182f474ce3af770939c90777d4844dfcf97f
font_02_sfnt_off000164c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x164C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1