Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 695da67ae874594d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.2 KB Created: 2021-06-17 06:34:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 4bc002ed9b0c47418d01d7bb48c2522d SHA-1: c6907bf947dfe576f5711223d8ef265da1e7c41d SHA-256: 695da67ae874594d7ad75b688fdaae6ce0bfe92da67aeccd5a03b305dd6713a6
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the idea that the document is designed to trick users into downloading a payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=halo+by+beyonce+free+mp3+download PDF link annotation
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608200e7d0ef2---84311849779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/75966478629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-zvuk.ru/upload/file/11247251689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hifi-markt.eu/kunden/kronhardt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bafuvirekerazil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d6b1ba3594---pivanigimunevugeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/217aa1dfc67aeaf7bb37fd9bdf984f72/23429240947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaztelcom.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roleseduxasomolaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de959cb623b33cfd11a1ded4e06eca83/87420016929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2sopv7v7lca4id4bqg4oes3800/ruzexipexigudifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00127277a51db39ba72f2a6ad93cb555/dusenizireviburitisaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9c5012hq1uj6its6au9v8lds5/xumilediju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vydavatelstvoklett.sk/userfiles/file/41204326162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/putoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/dirakorewiwoxoxapamote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codecs.roimages/file/45728071389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l3b4jp2p9f9d5esurjmtmkcvh7/nafuxipodef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9482f43d294497af306bfdd65a67155/befibasuvire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000104b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104B2 5584 bytes
SHA-256: 3b1b55f1960ba031eb3bcffa4e85d0f6325b1e07f9357912b3e164b39c89f6ba
font_01_sfnt_off000117a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117A4 7320 bytes
SHA-256: 68049845ad955fafe43d8d24c0685a827d07d9473537aae4867c94631f47bba8
font_02_sfnt_off00013033.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13033 16460 bytes
SHA-256: 86171d9a2678b16669f3e8ea65bdab4d12c6970898f42244c9f73a81dfd3e307
font_03_sfnt_off000161c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x161C9 16232 bytes
SHA-256: fd82642843524080e52dcc8ba4433890eebf999ad525d169215aa6a4e86f5e76