Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e672266e941bf407…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-06-26 18:55:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: c2ded462b98e5a726cfc54a9a97f5da3 SHA-1: 104112588cc9aa45d6320bac80e360098f1203ab SHA-256: e672266e941bf40730a5aee209d89e7784ae6550ad81615ae7d46f6f7f159bd8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised or disposable hosting sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it is designed to exploit user trust and lead them to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4f838b57c4---kejozudiwa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://goldenteriyaki.com/uploads/files/58990359078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607402f6907a3---muzifixal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1e0d4e3b471696a686f7974005ab069/xamovelesovosaxivag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veterinarycarefoundation.org/userfiles/file/wudek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae3919083ac---lowunojomomakago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608510c7907d1---notofuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consol.hu/images/uploadedimages/file/zufawibop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/dakizej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d00ebe09f7---rapawagerilepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isystem.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bunusigozituze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d94950f016a2922e528cf62c22dc5ef/vevefikotugetovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whewfamily.com/clients/12004/File/95419738728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ab66c5cf7---42309672551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6573205e4a5fcc532b51784a10a19d0/wulokinegepirevoledezez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f877dadb4126e4fd4b35ef27d7a761c/87029734608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a908b5008af---pixisadadejawafara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba89ee4c2ab---vutonajezefesojokaralugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb9b92df49---xuvevifiliguzugelosazuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a599b555c---70766652348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/49664784384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9esc7nerkbskclu9d20dila60f/25866845516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnkls.com/userfiles/file/1622966679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techbico.vn/uploads/image/files/67227300117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://futuresbuilder.net/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/23095137973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=tips+for+overseeding+lawnPDF 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_off0000edb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000105d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105D0 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 389db6658f4ed95f4c238a824b834535ea58164e999d3075c5eb47f46c42a44e
font_02_sfnt_off00011e47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E47 16948 bytes
SHA-256: 546f2498781a464020674ccc55fa7c95afe0826d0dfdece4375332ff1282e899