Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69a6d3a2d99465f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-07 09:43:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 4b823739854b59370192c4d124c134a5 SHA-1: 4faaf99e6a81df6ec4e1ab9b73ac233d0e5e7869 SHA-256: 69a6d3a2d99465f6844149a5e964658c1ab2374dcd998fb166981f82d058f1c4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, presenting numerous URLs that lead to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories or other disposable hosting. The document's structure and the presence of multiple external links suggest an attempt to lure users into downloading further malicious content or visiting phishing sites.

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.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=airlift+full+movie+download+720p+filmywap PDF link annotation
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ead1be43b5---42344936621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rotimunusofijug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowenworktimmins.com/clients/e/ed/ed750a77e36579213b976c45729ba45c/File/39075089896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac508f8d180---67020215185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5b62c58f2---35894569839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coumert.com/images/file/10353219204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf3aab9a5d---77035574593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mispuntossaga.com/campannas/file/5169948330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2191f8462b928075c2c1a8e8674a31f7/revosojejawakakef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/74796736102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerseybankruptcylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/88650408415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isosklo.cz./uploads/fopedosojatupitasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalaviationmuseum.com/userfiles/files/81202383571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p7keacps2kqfaar5egc1aevvf4/53244657526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://domilot.com/uploader/files/mazoxijipuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/xukisuzofevexaxitatali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p78h9p6n004ufvfnb2tncjh333/toxekegifekiximito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/rulep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altadirezione-consulting.it/userfiles/files/zolapipizusokofuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758b694fcee---72321690747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camping-du-lac-dijon.com/fichiers/30528048661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seerupit.dk/assens/file/12266406091.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_off0000f998.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF998 16816 bytes
SHA-256: a1c5a4e878edee3a8b107cf384c9af0c043a53f8a56c639116b6dba78d8c1f4a
font_01_sfnt_off0001255f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1255F 11132 bytes
SHA-256: da8ade9a4934dcac5eb9384219dca54c2d61dcc7da217156a68f3225c77a8bf4
font_02_sfnt_off00013f7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F7C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1