Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 697ac52e4ddf9aaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 23:55:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 266db155516bfce91862a236d6586f8a SHA-1: f8b15c2a4ee135b005ca667d143510cd3b1a9f55 SHA-256: 697ac52e4ddf9aafa73423a65cf43936481e335be5a54622bc4283610f7c22ec
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan distribution attempt. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised websites and disposable domains, often using UTM parameters to track user engagement. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports the malicious intent of tricking users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ms+office+2010+apk+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://qigoodteam.com/uploads/files/202109050004548083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiosushi.com/uploads/files/kikisoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystar.net/filespath/files/20210902221315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138f39a20cb4---kepinoloma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135f8df26b47---17073774266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c155f6636c80cdfa4047271cee27ebfb/jutejozetup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radanhorse.com/resource/files/tudaveruwexane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siltri.com/fck_upload/file/54087507545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edmcenter.xyz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69376877192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highdeal.linkeo.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7307457594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anglarill.net/userfiles/file/saruwolovif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138dd48cea37---lokadaremixaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131710b6d666---98581643600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://global-product.org/CKEdit/upload/files/83062366882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o72ejike05s5snltej1jtj7ph2/pavurabemosomama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/sinupubovitumepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/18238747537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sromedical.com/file_media/file_image/file/63816010187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitecuador.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xirokesekuzugasixizut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lignumweb.com/site/webroot/uploads/files/3823942491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iqmuseum.mn/uploads/files/41495634792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://currycornersugarland.com/admin/images/file/zosogomutijovovaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fermobkorea.com/userfiles/file/20210902101112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huijingweb.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-6/20210906033650853875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fasleh.net/Files/files/jigikabopuwo.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_off0000de3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE3F 19112 bytes
SHA-256: 714608f1540957922094d3019d8f8653a49294ce779d4e5d3f1f77f7f82f64b3
font_01_sfnt_off00010fc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000127dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127DC 10980 bytes
SHA-256: b98b30b97fae49377154e8758197ae266c656cf86ba876a495dcd9771f7444af