Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 569d6d3cf3da7018…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-08-17 14:32:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 27d1918229aa193bc69d53f82e9be1f1 SHA-1: b9fba858ffd4a4825d3bb2c678a3d539d4cc6115 SHA-256: 569d6d3cf3da70182e080893748063c20f0ebb8de921d887b82cb5dcc30e56a4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified the PDF as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The embedded URLs, despite some being marked benign, contribute to the overall pattern of directing users away from the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6b5595387---6433685389.pdf
    • http://nofatrans-int.com/userfiles/file/sovup.pdf
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68e33de63a8f92ca32c02f41cbcea73c/gakis.pdf
    • http://veterina-hrib.cz/user-uploads/files/natux.pdf
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8a6612f49---16689856394.pdf
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76c5f345da2447fd31c3825c12391e46/legilazagiluxexo.pdf
    • https://rasathantrananotech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/danisum.pdf
    • https://xeroxexpres.cz/userfiles/file/71707300213.pdf
    • https://aluminiosarla.com/userfiles_arla/files/87672572522.pdf
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/vaberawuwemokukutotebexo.pdf
    • https://plantbiochem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pawakemotupakomod.pdf
    • http://toastwarenhuis.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/losomujalir.pdf
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/forunisiroxoxarixujidex.pdf
    • http://drapa-technika.cz/UserFiles/File/zuvajigilunenerewasu.pdf
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0a4a45b72---48032774607.pdf
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e5cf9d5c226adeb5afed078d02c827b/75668535690.pdf
    • http://thermcom.cz/userfiles/file/79551030460.pdf
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s5vbp3uev2m9n55qlnsnp9hs50/54316535259.pdf
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66f1b379b26ecef2b3b4f8c2bdb82e57/48887929395.pdf
    • http://www.mmalappeenranta.com/tiedostot/files/wovezaradidoxufoko.pdf
    • http://aaykpn.com/uploads/editor/files/kulupesomelixa.pdf
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8fb5a4fe02---rovizubarekofukeduzibetud.pdf
    • http://cheapmarkt.com/userfiles/file/mixetilekokowe.pdf
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fa425463ec1c2049f44847b929d0bdc/72010647555.pdf
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f81c74a620c21434159e464c90234a7/puvuvonikonadugipivefup.pdf
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95f39c143677d9077572778bc60e97af/17443776375.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=yukio+mishima+patriotismo+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e487.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE487 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc99.bin
3a83cdaa872ec0a9107c94eaccf35c8e5f1ab8014413acc3ef7bd299ed4d4a72
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC99 18372 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012931.bin
a6695064f4ce2c79da252ac44462ab1493009a5465cb54b27a54245aab39aec2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12931 10656 bytes