Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff67706a2af0f58e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 12:48:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 348206bccb223340dce0be5359451eab SHA-1: 499fdb2d451addbf8678d64a7df96d2ec6d7ef3a SHA-256: ff67706a2af0f58ebf5e1cacfd3088642bf9199f8ae3517f16e1bb37af89725c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or redirection mechanism. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external malicious sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=thermal+energy+that+is+transferred PDF link annotation
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b8076c390---7861069614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e68c5c3eb5603df2151f6850d0053b82/wukiwotosati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/17338510608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ac036c1fc---83241468402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intergeored.com/upload/File/pebix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vlb7cq5kq63382uqeh3f87cpa5/vezogitiguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8705b2636af1b01d97830897e9e69cc9/pomiriximokosadeliloloviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65bed5cf605dc29a9f11a8f7c8c69187/3812742833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a3671d5357---84877004089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5177aa4340---vojugidujelegatijopekupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811f9d88613---75907031152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/9049697339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/80257396419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0454b52d659623d44fbcf3f852f2b1ac/belimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/wugolevatanit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glassco.ca/clients/9/99/99aa1728c1dafa3cf8773a75727b87c9/File/37619588090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdc94ae0dbd---votirolelozawoputedekaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49005f52fabc9a71ee1a3e206e74f017/43519511361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609831fd852e9---vemufivuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/23492149275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dc32d53cf65c6b6d3ea238e432953ec/tevajerikowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b13ad91ad6e2790da6bf04b935f477b/xirosupadikonud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e52ab3544---10695074366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60b8379a3ce847d86dc9c6e7e8597b8f/99427887258.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_off0000f162.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF162 17536 bytes
SHA-256: 06655070ff00f41f8fb5f00f4fc05c7f8f21dc89b99dbf85fff07367677c3e46
font_01_sfnt_off00011f77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F77 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001378e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1378E 10756 bytes
SHA-256: e78f1584ee09cc587396161e77ff7f7b497feee7cb5e5b41274eb83124c90f7c