Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6999042153cf566c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.8 KB Created: 2021-07-07 09:02:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d14b0791bc32e828a79cdbae10934a63 SHA-1: 7676f8d32cb9258f3e38b01d1764bbc8a8fec367 SHA-256: 6999042153cf566c443b47f07c3e757b922f310da21933d6a65440516adc6d95
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URI patterns are consistent with techniques used to host malicious content or redirect to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+beauty+of+space+art
    • https://mayurherbal.com/userfiles/file/voraxe.pdf
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jhpu3r69ap8bf54klqnao9kqn2/tovijikonifugulisosodalak.pdf
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/nusazapuxivikufow.pdf
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc57e45d17---25287601572.pdf
    • http://157.230.241.115/image/upload/File/30559614276.pdf
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774b075233e---91069256789.pdf
    • https://baxsporthorses.nl/userfiles/file/lokulimala.pdf
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a10a5e0ab76---fuxosofanapidagovone.pdf
    • https://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/79685304814.pdf
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/98373988629.pdf
    • http://briarcliff68.com/clients/71184/File/delan.pdf
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3utm61cf1721c99cu2tfi93okl/pesemabibowemetar.pdf
    • http://nhs1968.com/clients/65482/File/40901788515.pdf
    • http://www.css-jp.com/upfile/files/2021/06/26/66818037714.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f8ec601831---34556239636.pdf
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2030b357a0---bogalomodaxetida.pdf
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/rusisenow.pdf
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/xojelap.pdf
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb5daf3501d---75876283189.pdf
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a77f29155d7e6212760fcc0c9f1b973f/jakoralulukivenetonemebof.pdf
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc263f901df6b2a79945cbf60f991e46/67830604262.pdf
    • http://peusch.lu/userfiles/files/68437675131.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011726.bin
3ca5c3f441608fd1be1a2b4253f7f2a57d93c1a42d002dbc3abf8abe3436a687
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11726 10652 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012f90.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F90 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000147a2.bin
92adade0c17c21efe19fc3c8c0a82eac97e3102acc0987d41f3a9de574e6a020
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147A2 17848 bytes