Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69a3ccf79752a7d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:09:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 68d71f34daf0b56c6a8ffe1b535802ec SHA-1: 74d5f2f255257bad21e7abec962f961b25d7ecb2 SHA-256: 69a3ccf79752a7d72f7de5346839cc21e29b6fb0150e339ea1b83f8cab61e678
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99u07of1jr27dg6gfitm930kt2/49757255325.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://patrick-vallot.com/upload/files/69837868210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f968d391d---4966268380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73980167999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161283ade6fd29---2987248536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baobihungphu.com/media/ftp/file/37381830440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fdd1679fa---kavudumagivufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da30c94b38---74400774091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gwynharmon.com/home/gwyn/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mupepun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/1246164821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbvshungviet.com/upload/files/43471835195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.com/contents//files/22790744306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/kukata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevenseahotel.com/uploads/images/files/77467876181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tugrabilgisayar.net/resimler/files/dirisusalar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67f291ba71efcb5b181b46bae4fd8941/88095309834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d5d507be99---xejavotapuwaromisesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/texazunowadegelez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708b1651ae1---41647077300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibonatura.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48999200998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/733e9a983dea0823c17296fc9a90e461/3096129392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gmrtub51m0ogjdsaar66g3f8i6/74224157806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobonoli.com/userfiles/files/bawamesupizudakaposalako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rockdental.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc29a99a4bf109e68ff014451358e503/37222391478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3aa7d80b49---xurawibilirojujexon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=apostila+copeiro+hospitalar+pdf+gratisPDF 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_off0000e257.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE257 18580 bytes
SHA-256: 5381c5789a11013a7315b77006f050457e40c51b971e864d19248c9310bff734
font_01_sfnt_off000112b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112B7 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 3374011bec4be4a0c33923080ebb5ca4fe16d07a1eaf343ad9bfcdfce9178dab
font_02_sfnt_off00012b7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B7B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1