Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d67203b02197f232…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-06-30 06:23:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 041eaca38ed499f1ef6c1a5ad126239c SHA-1: 18dddde4de98a576b8cb1e0ba75ad03e4fab4dad SHA-256: d67203b02197f232f8dcddc2b7ba43015c2f4b2c5d3b621f9304ac297783cbd3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack vector appears to be directing users to external, potentially malicious sites via a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9765

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 https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pjrcqcrjcoe7gvd2v4ijcf1te0/92470857945.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cuahuyhoang.com/media/ftp/file/mariwuwagibinoxudifise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aravlicraft.com/cmsCart//upload/file/rukotobopebafebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d050d011e90---94098697995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/28993029111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sierrahighalumni.com/clients/878712/File/16101397223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://119hero.kr/userData/board/file/13450794457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipmarketing.net/userfiles/file/fivowapiworaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e49a99bdb---77049019408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8f67dffc6d0d656aaf959fb3f3ec087/kobuvodonijuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonmechina.com/ckupload/files/36078628143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/tunapesidolumevefewomod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-fasteners.eu/media/file/taxivefozaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724eb623cd4---32601188315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782da52f604---wikenasowobanuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dientrotiendathc.com/media/ftp/file/masalakisoridutabozapefom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hgtiao9mr2uks66opt0okofssq/53393738988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/tifanetepusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f33d42ee41---zomatexaruzutaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muratay.nl/userfiles/file/9367930631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10fb31b9e8d446c74c85ba32e192bd7e/zefekeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fkubq7jht64nno6fursinfh4sv/52328113319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3914134856352d5446d198f8dd4f1ab7/wizezeniba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853b2d11fd3---25650490780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6b8nkaeoct7ppthq807c1jsjj/fulakireferizufulex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac873c09f8---53250757741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=transitive+and+intransitive+verb+checkerPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ec2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC2C 10564 bytes
SHA-256: d80dfc2764487b7f33f54382c9d804260fa317eae721f675c1e995bd35d75236
font_01_sfnt_off0001043b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1043B 17532 bytes
SHA-256: 28ed1244bd8413d70cfc4c92f9acb9c258d71f6aedbb6adcc2d383ca7d4731f6
font_02_sfnt_off00013116.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13116 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00014927.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14927 16348 bytes
SHA-256: fdc3f250e16d4eeaac0151c08e1678493ac6cc67090af3137bc700c4cd553891