Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0690168be0908af1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-07-06 10:07:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: f41649a2b221539ca3e2a806c5e877e2 SHA-1: ce85f17c791a810ab632ad8a4cd1c5bfa3224063 SHA-256: 0690168be0908af1365e41f1d362683d52025064f2a4306eb03ab0bfa8c626a8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. This suggests a tactic to manipulate search engine rankings or distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840ab83ad14---43030848121.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3fed8dbaf---66320735800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://annjulieskarpmo.com/userfiles/file/70963455512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608567ea45c83---341000056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa61ca541de---nekularasuturab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cceee8e6e4bcba5459e4277f6942b75/71588648519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/fatonejozusulojowunufuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71a274ac106419198607610d4a061046/12370006245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ce65316ab---fojamubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984b116117c---25298431356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4178699c3---42204701145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aa98dca8ede23aa5d2ac26cd239cc22/45461793177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a6e29c291d---zanoguxatokuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxflowfans.com/userfiles/file/78783516412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eu4uo8h9ovdulao26f9iiud4ig/xinalepisazudobijek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--xhq021fvrwdth.com/d/files/lexopazezoruxodugulurez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3fd98bcd18---65061918606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/xolininu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9msk5v2cvotu0t8hk9leld3s95/tonewakegenevidobepogexuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca552b09924d92c22185863dad2073c2/604510764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/kiwapowuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhhangkhong.com/upload/images/files/kusisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a786f9d3a0a---teralirunuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22da2178641bff8eeeac14adfa2b9168/soredugejer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/marizitatejasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=shen+men+piercing+for+anxietyPDF 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_off000101b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000119c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119C5 16684 bytes
SHA-256: aab9abfbce3cf9860dabc90ce114e1292c9623a4bd17d65f538f8ff93ea7a26d
font_02_sfnt_off00014499.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14499 11004 bytes
SHA-256: a8feb044d040d5332b6ed5055e98914f1577bf9814a1e374e236d3099ec720e2