Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 686f9691c0be4a8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:14:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1b2721d8f36bbe64907de3441ddefe6b SHA-1: d0e9a9445c6dc77debb21a6dfad79094232eb7fe SHA-256: 686f9691c0be4a8d3901968cfe2ddaf1da7dafd145a266930898e90749de1cb9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9918

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=head+gets+heavy+and+dizzy PDF link annotation
    • http://zs-oilfieldequip.ru/d/files/32329052646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalkucharski.pl/app/webroot/media/files/rosudopulizonivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praguetransfer.com/files/file/sokixewoneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9e90320d6793d3124ea4a07ea9806d7/ladifixetakuxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b0556a4be---valitolujab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baobihungphu.com/media/ftp/file/15527598601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/sakejove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/wulol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicoral.com/img/userfiles/files/jurunimuleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609833ad70dfc---nijisukelilekof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wagnerpc.com/userfiles/files/21715180313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glaze-metalart.com/upload/files/17257012100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itchanoi.vn/uploads/news_file/temebevuboxigugiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipea.kr/userData/board/file/60388826066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kowel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1622379160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oazapiekna.com/zdjecia/fck/file/15090192735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a892ea3fcf6---venapilupokutizarujawud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alliance-bio.com/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/fupulolizuguwurisali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exito-opakowania.pl/userfiles/file/51625094595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalaviationmuseum.com/userfiles/files/gikixoxuvivedegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd1b195d75f9edf3944474ac7fe8c272/18211318038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotossc.pl/_files/file/66020101963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd029ec9ab493de6d4c672cd9101b503/77010669691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3da76bce9f---jigexisiteloromupofewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160981dfd6920a---soximekijebagiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holzweiss.at/jusura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e5713de8b6e4acc2b672dd7a08aba7c/94697177531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/799b1c5cfdec382f54b861506ac48a06/tikonevowibabarufijilewit.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_off0000e299.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE299 18904 bytes
SHA-256: 7f122c7e6050cf00f4949163bd71501bd1d3f8d6644228fed8f5eccc0b8343b9
font_01_sfnt_off000112a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112A0 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 0da18fdc83c7021d23e3f7b3077db116a3cd8e82b0c716c1f4d19ec370f04600
font_02_sfnt_off00012a38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A38 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1