Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 692dcf7d217bbab5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:18:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 55c43b146fdd805eac21c89706235911 SHA-1: 884b2afe6b3d3e4fef211b1f518e6eed5bc410e4 SHA-256: 692dcf7d217bbab5d7dd0d4eb45933045125d7f5f3511ff1eda51035b718a2ed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or SEO poisoning by redirecting users to malicious sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate these redirects or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://asokmontridental.com/userfiles/file/xogurasujibufewanij.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sbkf.org/files/files/tesilemababumul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yakutiaprime.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/titil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecodiagnost.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94701820034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottingham-group.com/cufiles/files/gifovofixuletusikogode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/943c4432f0569a809422f40d41bfd61c/zugovanodov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4c7fef24a4---69738500450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9270d04b2e---35937942002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finemetal-cn.com/upload/files/kuretiruzexipefitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/jewunajaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/vukitekusevibozubirudutuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775aaa9b42c---11095084014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkserwis.pl/userfiles/file/64582657152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pikujor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/664245f606a22bfa4f5f0d4a5b8e8516/96606899877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100ba49a9cd4---35956798338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d8c25524ab5fdbb5c297650e44c3a07/11151029723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnysft.com/d/files/44333425813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/gedakeboruxuwudajesikide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/sesolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799c6199a42---loxilujovomitabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esz.jp/img/editor/files/51401515554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stitesattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/teripidimatigavudun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temtechnologies.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20216914353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca19d180b6---xibuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=perfect+world+cleric+guidePDF 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_off000122fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013b0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B0D 18852 bytes
SHA-256: ad48043e1f7dbab9efa43230e52985a52409a82fc3d921542b48bca4911c8d58
font_02_sfnt_off00016c5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16C5F 10404 bytes
SHA-256: b479629da385318c53fcbbe4c9e794532a0558d08d428912eddca95178e9ef7d