Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e67bae3d4168c24e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 07:12:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7d00dc7feb7737c0e588d3b42b38d4ca SHA-1: 3fe4675834c12d2bbdffa92f94423ab448bb19a6 SHA-256: e67bae3d4168c24e0752fadd9bd0f9fa4f1a60bfded92e24971915bea1156cc6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content or lead users to phishing pages. The presence of a 'download' button lure reinforces this intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jssh1ufe2q6eqhcbbo64migil1/48673183749.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/nigidoxadabusutamadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5232d5af4---gonorukusiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86fd034b00---jusit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/28849268726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a4f1f28690---subogisulaviwinixopadem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0a7a6122e---golufenup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31bbb4fa07c98327aaaa4bf209f9e611/lokizem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://queensflower.nl/clientfiles/79585171645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tch.lu/files/files/jifevafemubipipeseje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mv1kbb9uspl3vo6tg7qeq2c0hi/87683093471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdnchem.com/upload/files/nemarotugezogiruvelig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eb4dd182df---fajugogomujowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foulardfotografando.it/file/24301175234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc28431c88a---50157786600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3daef1cac0dc688f817e31b21c2b683/22229479698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/67391229393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6e793af88d---tilasuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bd-sokolovska.eu/userfiles/file/22335112971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9ilpit1rb222ntuba6b6apvq6/80581286059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manisafar.com/basefile/marcosafarir/files/xuzugijugujuvesisufiviwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-bahia-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mejebibezirusimokajam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=accounting+principles+13th+edition+solutions+pdfPDF 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_off0000ef4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF4D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001075f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1075F 19164 bytes
SHA-256: 3962c4197d61e6addc60532fa51c99c8931462b5a2f1d69b25e1f203c54df39b
font_02_sfnt_off000139c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139C0 11044 bytes
SHA-256: df0f71da0402e8583571a88d324c5bd4736e5695dad5126121dd87fdcc3a4ee0