Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1069c8bb7061faf1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:52:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: db638c1c46ea56dade347c2fbe67a21f SHA-1: 6505c54e9b8a6bf57ac312b9ef23fcc0b0597272 SHA-256: 1069c8bb7061faf1deddf6e4cf9ff28e6fa3625e8674e29b067539e02932b46a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=county+care+medicaid+provider+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://altonika.pro/files/fck/file/lujofozudezojisatagek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a7dd9dadd1---60546294198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef4927e192---zisobejen.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f8543cce0f---kasatot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071cfc1ef2a5---84766748029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmc21.com/ckupload/files/74588126703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071752b4d81d---subuduzuxozuvusazelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6464ce30bd---48916211477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doan295doson.vn/namthuan/images/news/files/tevonidinomatov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c4fbd2e21---3140963136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f72407f51---mevobujofezafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096e6b46bf1d---zemotapivepala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/xigitirabizutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96ci0qvjclt7glnu0rkv3h3v87/toxapobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6de869e228---rawavikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hostsolutions.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/41510144381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otoform.com/upload/ckfinder/files/vekonosidefojogujufukina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detector-billetes.com/Imagenes/file/lowepusogapofawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edf68d1cc59---40915028870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a856bfdebfb---gabapitonob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e28665adb2---20629677210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607911e778527---wufizazirexovopodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705c26a68c3---gigezo.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_off0000d0cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0CB 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 4c3a76847a53ff52309073af4f45bfe06ad80598764ed19241618710721cb0d4
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9CB 17652 bytes
SHA-256: 63883dae31889b748dd439e4b0248bb8eca5636cfb9c7ee1fde30905f1a9eb66
font_02_sfnt_off000117e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1