Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69a845bcab83f7b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 23:13:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d2600f4c511d074d703865749d63a201 SHA-1: 82cc99323cae315386113d464aced3ebb4a671cb SHA-256: 69a845bcab83f7b9bc0f44e3c3a7727be604d5b403723cfde220a71478ceff29
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and ML classifiers indicate a high probability of maliciousness. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating the file is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://a-pluset.com/userfiles/jominukewowagu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609271be3e313---gelirek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/fuxebadugejup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/112104425644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/famelizekukirupajulubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b723ce98b0e343daa06ada8d6c64e10/75770657832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/tawezagimafigevologuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaurrieta.net/USERFILES_JAURRIETA/files/22804890764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i24e5lmq7n14olv67t9u5b1497/53570015974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbe28a1368e---vasivuzilipafaniwuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074200118f5e---13788014400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ujvimb5g7h2hi79bg9caklhtlb/25609579964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa393ecb4f7---92384457877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e7736e8d5---15262709721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonorganica.ru/upload/files/morazifafemotafoduwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenhuffbuilders.com/userfiles/file/nixaliruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af408dae9bfdcbaea404c7cd7745ee6a/53138995902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/57303775924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076db0694e12---54213172319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-bahia-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91142991663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tespli2eq9am23n345bkog17s1/jukozek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d3c423d8f6---18888852012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobathware.com/app/webroot/img/files/lados.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/psp5kartgbb291vuf7hl186kfd/foxajaberalike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=magnesium+sulphate+in+eclampsia+pdfPDF 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_off0000bc61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC61 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d473.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD473 16508 bytes
SHA-256: 0b25485080dc796b0c403a1497acef53cf31d32ce004497945b6f6d132f84c1b
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE88 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 071e489b77f9af5ec225cfc3163625397be3b335ff32de67cff8b9bc5fc1f158