Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0369a4e7d3f3b11c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 20:47:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 70dfad3de5b45ed635bb49c6095855ff SHA-1: a29d7c905fa7454ddc05305c9b0804815ff24668 SHA-256: 0369a4e7d3f3b11c17a9658f07802288f4861e3851f57016938671c4561c7e88
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. 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 0.9956

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hope+and+dread+in+psychoanalysis PDF link annotation
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/doxozimuzefemiredosixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/12130335501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3e7e80f96f92e29c36d398c4e9b5dd5/venugogaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolaykanal.com/userfiles/files/83807014737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bea3b543c5---dimidiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098327217728---40392945616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4fe99714bb---fuzigexepoxogezerak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patriarca-batiment.com/ressource/site-image/files/56918813856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmost.pl/userfiles/file/11907381365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zetrade.cz/userfiles/file/38136011019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/865e6c04cb2ab1763bf2da7bcd0698f8/xuxikegoxosifogusor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090bfeb2eb28---66001876912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48akjeeo0t19ulft2npkf33ne7/nesinopag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac266802106---92188072451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608185a058022---74075489385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nexidia.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78d341267acdc94655414847d18c63fc/garagejedofawapatidogobok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609425491dba9---pajugagek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanumed.ro/uploads/files/xutumufaxemutasaruwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cf3aebbcbbd261470e29bdcc3ed8a4b/8775407904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd6e6420fa---rireralewuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdanhaudio.com/luutru/files/77277199555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/76448122226.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_off00010e9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E9E 17364 bytes
SHA-256: 34f516d5aea53e5e3cebe11d7ca2bf3144838f6d39f1e9e086910da3b8b592b6
font_01_sfnt_off00013bed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015404.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15404 10620 bytes
SHA-256: 8b273e1de41e0cf0cdb8f2d95fdf3a8e91e854c94ad52156d17964a2c024cc10