Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f467fa02f2405911…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-27 18:57:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 3e51315c5703ad0a86f3fb431a12d94a SHA-1: 3edb65130a9ec3a8e107e5c54a26060c68ee9997 SHA-256: f467fa02f24059114096a40a40451021f36a735ebf7ea502c1aee96477ebc4a2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to malicious content, potentially for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160917f6af2bff---19369824718.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8245158920b35c8e1ec72986aa349e70/38177314232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tese.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1685757067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc34d02fba---rigazib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edumedcare.pl/upload/files/mewakogukidonikizexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/xejusuwixenagaruku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2165700e07---85903432179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe9d22cf72c---rifar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fslawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/78976177374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fqhjvod6sle989fq5k4lksnrie/kofevaweveruvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c9c4984820a53f74497b23866c8a64b/50517158920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easttbirds88.com/clients/d/d7/d767393c090093bf18db16876c07b5c3/File/25047389064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a914822df5---45810661138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/lonidebepafej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dreamscapes.ca/dream_scapes/userfiles/files/20252565480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhsclassof68.com/clients/73441/File/sukapinaroxizifexiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608018791862a---likusumefowukosujexomexiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uniqrelation.com/userfiles/file/1094877843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078dacda1acd---vaxifapozivugisapuninase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/wenulek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986674db2cb---31698917579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ac25798de---13355617698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snnet.kr/board_pds/fckeditor/2021/06/file/59877942120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=cover+letter+for+tourist+visa+samplePDF 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_off0000ee3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE3D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001064f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1064F 16764 bytes
SHA-256: 7b42f9c500018a42cb3a3ab010bfe0abeff9c6c7df23989293a7417970112076
font_02_sfnt_off00013177.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13177 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 2555f279df198ef742a2491352d69661c249bbd724ba25694f3079fa8dda9997