Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69825a71ce6ac71c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-08-19 16:35:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0d79ae1cf3bb8f08298751845259d57e SHA-1: b54d6fe54beb6d9aa57479924befad2fa63c6e22 SHA-256: 69825a71ce6ac71c0e08fb20907137e042b0288b818421499268f5334023a720
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting it functions as a link farm. These links likely lead to phishing pages or further malware downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hint+filmleri+t%C3%BCrk%C3%A7e+dublaj+full+izle+tek+part PDF link annotation
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4cd97643f---peguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4b08d7c187b46bb0e86548bb4928bff/91562897421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bc9042a83---93672894796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/96435453000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/kegivulal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843ad0f3b69---patufifolasegowasizosep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce2a38dbe8---ritivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethelhanberryaaa.com/clients/2/24/2465ef4bb9bb1b7382310ae17d7cafeb/File/nivomitapopalataveju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infunplastic.com/d/files/52007397905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd7141071b3de109c9b0e10432aef5dd/77197746793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0f0297c873---geregapomezodisetib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/jikobiribelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rasmesafar.net/basefile/basefiles/67853584116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tongdaidoanhnghiep.com/app/webroot/upload/files/30774108416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db4547725c---gavibobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veiligheidssloten.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kibisav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tootingtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/bixizakufutaxupowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610813eb62e75---rofoponexaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagodkaprzedszkole.pl/userfiles/file/rufufuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perrymanreunion.com/clients/f/f8/f8644f0eb9578147d5589f75b8c3e300/File/7248760710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f260op8rcjpqg1gq7o9gvbe7j7/wisarabarolalumip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babywagen24.de/userfiles/file/76234047927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivankotov.ru/img/lib/file/22976781682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prtl.pl/userfiles/file/8737333436.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_off0000da16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA16 11272 bytes
SHA-256: 892eec5665edff75bcac654a8ad0648db609b3b93c12cc144e99cac2a33929c4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010bfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BFB 20828 bytes
SHA-256: 6d3d525ff0acf7a75248f201f73e2b8ea7589a0820b4d8737f12aeaddc0b4767