Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e67b323ef4af038a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 12:04:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 81bfee2247402aae27352c85480c3a3d SHA-1: 9aa9f9e7d7b8839060a28339a45e8ade686863e8 SHA-256: e67b323ef4af038acb6ccc99c3de3af03e1b654297310db37b45a52111603e54
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nespresso+reciclar+capsulas+manualidades PDF link annotation
    • http://watdoenwevandaag.nl/upload/62544215591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.net/data/filestorage/upload/files/62197340461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://louisamerino.com/userfiles/file/13179597191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f72d49435785fcafb148150494ce886b/61508271075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scapetime.net/images/website/user/files/6848965324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43ebb75aae884ba88db11e1ce4b86d62/88055000150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84581420292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1a60b0d73b---56936367703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecc3uue6g6kvj74btl28e6klhj/1040140458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oriental-kitchens.com/userfiles/files/46062360222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maymaygiaydachidang.com/upload/files/89313786390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ypcalumni.com/clients/2/24/24042806289e0d450134266962f0a0d8/File/kubivowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49avwqct32ewe967crscpsaz7d.com/ckupload/files/foxutuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wignaccent.com/FCKeditor_2.6.3/userimages/file/20210620023816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamgph.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/uploads/file/260932503576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749a3a3eac2---vuzawokopugexozuzenof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gertiesbloomers.com/kousumi/nulook/upload/fckimages/file/pamazuvesewexarasuwamivef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a5301edea9---32560752303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aea71d5fcef---momumasufetowapafidugeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heryeryesil.com/resimlerfiles/jabexodafajedefanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taechoclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210615_5D47B0361203AB91.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlajobinator.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/zolilodoguduwexiwedidub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.erenang.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088278e3f262---65665424785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/80795246124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e61e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE61E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE30 18356 bytes
SHA-256: 638233234ae9495e2bc343b193965754d52b66c257535ab57dfd629afd77f79a
font_02_sfnt_off00012d9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D9E 10656 bytes
SHA-256: e065a242d54e3543182024c0858b3a2b47ca949fbf10443a44f133cb8fa9adcb