Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b267e8f471b45de1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-07-05 06:49:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 2dea66feb96098218c8eec1a85d24b4a SHA-1: 8492fea5515bd68b72cefcd409102d180446fd3c SHA-256: b267e8f471b45de1ed831bc0a365484e82100b71a1b534e853b2933602c8083d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. Heuristics identify it as a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress upload storage, with numerous links pointing to disposable domains. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest it is designed to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085613834d85---34567208820.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://theatresaucinema.fr/uploads/file/79300944477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pettwayfamilyreunion.com/clients/39389/File/dujap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d779adefd927ac1da53ef4e76d8a6212/tewuwaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e4e7e6ff5cbaed54117e1395c180110/gegajofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/sonivem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cephedanismani.com/images/pages/file/lusojuxesajonazaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c71a4579fe36d791b229dafbbad724c/pidenexegelowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082aa157eae6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/936ea25716e9e9d598d725c5d8846131/52276075125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb99acc1da---latatakefalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c52bd4c06174aa59fb758dd92634e73/89360215873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/43434965889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorinaldibedin.eu/userfiles/files/zopoworawosamuwokulutiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca96d3302404b1662f93a41ef384e157/gibozofaxaxuteke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086bd0b7096c---folurozovinonikaren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikidi.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/86752339266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjalikave.hu/pictures/file/96374474439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boschvietnam.vn/files/usersfiles/files/fovifadezozavop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32b1841764c03e4a0cbb27a57da3867f/63032325511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/293e554a358028db730faed1b3046f8c/11470401329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/euvrjapbh1sc7qiclae4im9i65/xedeposivofelaweturupemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/jufisumivedozafalibesima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ada7be3aa---zuragekopejakovav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c3ce2ba44a---15428905610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+stanchPDF 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_off0000f494.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF494 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ca6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CA6 22068 bytes
SHA-256: 5fdbe624dd90236e0a7d79eb47b7e4c4c9d7aaee4b5312230366b63edec69375
font_02_sfnt_off000142f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142F0 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 9fe6aa778b490571127b2471e5e3f5aeaf83e596421a72c6f19eba92c965420a