Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a67128a3118e223f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 09:42:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 66c2c57e53e1dd01cffb4bce68447fcc SHA-1: 221bf138b5ce3cad7179a580efba5e18d9058ea4 SHA-256: a67128a3118e223f2048c813c29473735f81798652d6e07b00d53996f46b9012
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The heuristic 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, likely serving as a lure to click on the embedded URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=online+merge+two+jpg+files+into+one
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607887fdd162a---sigosotowa.pdf
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab5b193f56---zikiwu.pdf
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9607349da3fe70b79637bca17704c3da/pufuderazuzorun.pdf
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83787d418f5030b9b9d5bb8302c4dd59/20788637882.pdf
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021050415023979.pdf
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffb450b79c---22247905573.pdf
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b76341095c37384e093beaa0d07e30d/19897282528.pdf
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082411c64d9b---4885305707.pdf
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021062412545088.pdf
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7518b21e3---84468091972.pdf
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc6358a8e69---tepefule.pdf
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9i24iv2uk3oj0vdh4e6r559sau/34554544110.pdf
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1t7odv1ffd3j5fr3oiu48iq4m/9254756937.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87ce909113e2e933f2aff2b03d2efc0e/74492686891.pdf
    • http://mywayrtk.info/userfiles/file/55492926317.pdf
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdu8j1h13051rbope7ivtvr4aa/29227371383.pdf
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1f2ddbee6822a95d7b6ede25614bafb/lujutavofujuxagotitipim.pdf
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22ac6be9bc---33442016492.pdf
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/80067344939.pdf
    • https://gikguamerica.com/userfiles/file/45824305534.pdf
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097e50d5b895---befopumadepopoxak.pdf
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f5a84f3d3---32364241718.pdf
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d191a898c430ead4f34de1476ae66c87/giteve.pdf
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c3ddaaa6d---kakujutute.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e464.bin
2b22bbab1e14331a74d406aea5b416fc7dfdb00897888959537037366f5c9232
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE464 17108 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001110a.bin
8c4888f272c36c06c9d7b1bde5cc215c4695d4fce745b48aa02923d1f5761a87
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1110A 10780 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000129e0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129E0 16792 bytes