Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1869707ad6ba2952…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 12:04:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f69711945ede5cbe715f04331ffd3405 SHA-1: 7c77abe26bcfba85a71165d103db9d08b629319e SHA-256: 1869707ad6ba2952f0f8fdd7e34909ec2ee79fca7f7d9dacff89fb1d5ff425cf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms and disposable domains, indicative of a link farm or phishing operation. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are sufficient to infer a malicious link-farming or phishing attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/dizudiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121074f2b238---xibilid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acavacecio.it/userfiles/files/gopibasaxodanuxuzag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eau-msu.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80791108319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1632987d922f6cd04178cc838f83e169/25237167406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072359eb7ec3---86087487907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantusmarina.com/UserFiles/file/pajomavowejowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b6e96b140---givanazinalatafefupovof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavlasin.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rualpv5e7fi2m458a2eu2hil8p/33421848500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fd4154a18144a1a0c50f43ed6815be1/dilobewozotisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asthasupermarket.com/userfiles/file/lakuluzirezum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnzgks.com/userfiles/file///53743961585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magendans.com/imagefiles/file/jebuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/23738071560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2fbfeb2406c225fcc65ae6dad8d7a6a/68128170536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i8fgf8k4fklk9dn0kn7i0gh252/tatorexedotez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilalyapidekorasyon.com/userfiles/file/xanexaxirinejovaketaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608325a6261c6---jutidixafuxulapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4eaaed3bd---galej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoodwierty.pl/files/file/girafakituleraso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a7f37cbeb---tebexujifupanaxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruppocreta.com/userfiles/files/nusizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072678d2acf6---besujobibakamasura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=academic+writing+and+communication+skills+pdfPDF 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_off0000e86a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE86A 17428 bytes
SHA-256: 95051357e134b2765b582a18d069921047dd23e17865e56443bb80a82a446584
font_01_sfnt_off00011517.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11517 11220 bytes
SHA-256: e58291f5a1c35069109753425cfd7c62f5b0474fcada47cfdc5fde3895299d7d
font_02_sfnt_off00012f43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1