Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 692a6675644c56fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:51:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: dc973c25678cfb43c539d4330d8b53f0 SHA-1: d8fffef633848ec0c7d02641d2ef56ddfb0d401a SHA-256: 692a6675644c56fd5e95e73e00d331d980ddee74d2e676c1bdc7c22ed7ff24b3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple links to WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff2fd7f5218357dcd25f05fb1b240db5/kifefotuxaxuwexibutevi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af4cccb580ada054a6e1e9614b817f2b/rabexomefusetugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-moonlight.com/CKEdit/upload/files/64791026004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bec2162857c---kimapamuwewukedodadujutom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gfk-schwimmbad.de/i/File/79885790954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caa9514d915---jubujuliwubikokunedok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/kavubozesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--dlek-5qa.com/admin/UserFiles/file/19782424132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtsport.com/pliki/tobimafojabowubob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaker1960.com/clients/3/34/346d0055920ff30d27c63167e405b0e7/File/kekubetuworoxidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primethailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68019918487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/nejesefiwexofesamat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738d6679703---faxilidaleturojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807dba1517c---83108670110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.impactit.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60239720082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rireenfrance.com/images/upload/files/pakipunewajamowof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolaviano.it/userfiles/files/76794299668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a7e3c86b6f5ad4510d8e87a8502e184/wolopalesatexef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitoutdoorz.com/file/Sg96iqzTrYvfT447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/26568432992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/xakolojipasonifonil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807db464bcf---kinekinoxuvokexiwawudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606de943c2f31---kolumujatoriwuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=immiscible+gas+injection+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_off0000e10b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE10B 17480 bytes
SHA-256: dff37e4314da1e5b17b953b01ca63274e71334fc9690138075c8383a527ba8e0
font_01_sfnt_off00010e57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001266e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1266E 11084 bytes
SHA-256: d8909e73dbbea96f1d53c74897d3526b8bb25adff953b20661a524c6279a7287