Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69718a44d2067c00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 06:23:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: fc3f0da4b3287c1a54f86978bfb27b2e SHA-1: 1bd545a032d9f88a07d7a88b8766a7ca7c455d80 SHA-256: 69718a44d2067c0051adc531b544cf0dae2e46f12ded4a6cc77365cc687e22f3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The presence of numerous links, including those pointing to compromised CMS uploads and using UTM parameters, suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://birudongker.com/contents//files/99396199632.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nezrenweb.com/calisma2/files/uploads/17676311325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a87ab1ccf68---jojujagiwebanugimomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb344388582d629180c569b535659930/84999374299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8c5489eab---verakebukora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085cdbeb06af---relubopajuzabivizomomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddd9269864e---raliki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r4tudigji6hdv45r7e5hanp614/keropuxoreweganebitujuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9505fa91cb---24696618066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://growlink.biz/userfiles/file/zigarupavofete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/66859232534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bleikss.com/userfiles/file/fipizetobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d949535030---17615985977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fruzsiflame.hu/userfiles/file/60904934776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c4a497c6c875c7acf6d7fb99062d1ce/biresen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/73727874345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c335edd8d128792e553c95ad6e9a1c9/tufulovud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7bf25a072aa863e73c6bf0121b1cf38/mufudavokugoseloxuligeger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poolprotektor.com/userfiles/file/sakemoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcfc5229edad3a0ba89ee8ab9a8081ec/3852840025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ffcb2377f6---25806073480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de8o3scklmsmga5fmjnah75h6p/bupemogunogir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af679f04da1---wusefopigivopimomusuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=list+of+negative+behaviors+in+the+classroomPDF 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_off0001015c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1015C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011973.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11973 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 5860d146a59e0b1a42b0196b32f10af270c52083c7f32229e619f3375a5501eb
font_02_sfnt_off000132ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132AD 17380 bytes
SHA-256: 6d9c5740c890561444d6ab9fb2c02e7977922e9ee92a2994c9e59960fa78f9cd