Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f67c041345cd3e8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 15:19:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 37446bfdc2c6fb9e71095589d2e9fce3 SHA-1: a6b96dca28fc6df9e0ae1b1fa6fd7293d41820b4 SHA-256: f67c041345cd3e8edb6c3b04fb7cd1a0ad44746b461ba75fc1fb3f61391c90eb
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, with several pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of urgency lures further supports a phishing or scamming intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=parallel+space+origin+country PDF link annotation
    • http://bridgestone-ice-cruiser-7000.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68380878121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llbyggodesign.se/UserFiles/files/donojezatip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66684294ac3a2688046428b51222e240/26156229040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjatupornservices.com/file_media/file_image/file/27090280809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bcslaw.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/watirunid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/53452725529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nomorecpapmachine.com/userfiles/files/mepelevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wappa.com.au/siteadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92477694945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flammerouge.ch/userfiles/files/duwanoraxojuxuwobov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paroles-vives.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jumikaxerufavokatebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a256786828b66c2c31076564d0d5e1f6/buwopowekulozapowezunan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12waktu.com/contents/files/41692942127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sabajagafazasiseduto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6852506e13eeeaa3d011e1ae13bdaa4f/43081649429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polins.org/public/userfiles/file/lidiledelid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-xian-coat.com/uploads/files/202109090500281154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doluhosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/59105938823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baigiangtoanhoc.com/upload/files/22116431714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143604ca4b92---rizaxobugebetolilete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161398419cca01---jelogakosuniral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rvv1k3u7rab7angg15po85thu4/rafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56a0042c00bf875f99bc4b58d190d988/9271501759.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_off0000dace.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDACE 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 7e85794a033840446306916cbc7a4635685631456450fee62b1ccd7a43810e94
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010bd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BD5 18088 bytes
SHA-256: 9077b432b2824941e74d03ea951f3dce6a1d96cf3bf16f66776759551c4d180a