Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69a272cff2c0758f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-10 02:52:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7fe4ff5db872caf51cbcdaeae52a2131 SHA-1: 1dc15075e5ab55ade8d9bdab4d25e8ff709413eb SHA-256: 69a272cff2c0758f24929e94440e411fe3f9ba860088ae02cd82cdcd634476d3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting. These links are designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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=ebook+reader+free+download+for+android PDF link annotation
    • https://mkycc4.com/kycc4.com/userfiles/files/tovipelixasebapexino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erimti.com/userfiles/file/35617955627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krzczonowice.pl/gfx/file/80523679769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/fejuzarewivumugirasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cailux.lu/userfiles/files/29764349059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onderdurdu.com/upload/ckfinder/files/26774415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtestbd.com/assets/uploads/files/gepufaxonoxagefepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ca5e05c7a---20224566206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/340464995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rentcar888.com/uploads/files/202109091815237561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a8a0a932eb---14193609318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenlivinggarden.com/htdocs/UserFiles/file/mufalazerowazevin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/zajetibugekenusetutekajar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristorantebiscione.com/userfiles/files/62708614079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gitedu.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bajuvusam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signauction.net/userfiles/file/lupexiguxibipexubovojat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratoempat.com/contents/files/nozamis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandipmallick.com/fckimages/file/wexub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dmelt2rgq8d5ialjpdmhq92ju1/nozopinedifexerifig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saluteebenesseresas.it/userfiles/files/78922144523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/37330382845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://symbolfoods.com/files/file///69107887519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bijverhoeven.nl/uploads/files/lubulofumeg.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_off0000e5c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5C5 10380 bytes
SHA-256: 32e91c8c91a10f699203d7ad898a438219a7bee0e43881103c7545d9846c68ae
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD55 18168 bytes
SHA-256: 0f56efb0733b3f5c2ec2fbb92efef87d6a3db087c61fce335f2be75742f29f2b
font_02_sfnt_off00012c62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C62 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1