Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6469dc028f2b776c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 10:33:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2cda6e9f0148e3352e1420e701bbaf36 SHA-1: 189ac2b0fed3f7c6c24a7d7c8ca9c0999cd352a2 SHA-256: 6469dc028f2b776ca3d59719bdceb3e46ddc5cacae79acd9670839118e97fd50
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it's a PDF link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. Embedded JavaScript is present, suggesting potential exploitation or redirection capabilities. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to potentially malicious external sites via a series of links within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://bluetact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88469815945.pdf
    • https://heyratacademy.ir/file/58327691075.pdf
    • http://www.vikingmaterials.com/img/biwabepurowigaso.pdf
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b99d2def63---68939707645.pdf
    • https://ssekolkata.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85261381262.pdf
    • http://kustari.net/userfiles/file/kugadasoxezilelewimedar.pdf
    • https://www.sibirprokat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22596654767.pdf
    • http://mansiya.com/uploadfile/files/12624158950.pdf
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/48068590949.pdf
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20339093329.pdf
    • https://foodvellythailand.com/upload/files/zoxofokexikaga.pdf
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161418eb36b670---vebawokofumuz.pdf
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1630666936.pdf
    • https://pfollowers.com/ci/userfiles/files/65347165211.pdf
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/56480634843.pdf
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iqjnsg5ue510psv9bq0pnk6ats/kisumuxerojaf.pdf
    • http://studioiulianella.it/userfiles/files/bimerux.pdf
    • https://holycrosshealthcare.com/userfiles/files/3338089647.pdf
    • https://deltarealestate-eg.com/userfiles/file/34686683032.pdf
    • http://detikakdeti.ru/img/file/tovojovoxixapelomeramun.pdf
    • http://younewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/98312999101.pdf
    • http://babyindex.nl/images/uploads/kurimuxesufepumobijami.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=18+prime+or+composite
    • 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_off0000c91f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC91F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e136.bin
f91dbe5b53c26133b2ffd127bcf8a09f5566a17462872818d9a4b8d807406f86
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE136 10384 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8c2.bin
c4be27c27dc005be152f5456ff48255be6fed31a06fec9bfb809ead315a650c4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C2 17720 bytes