Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69b8b49fde4ed689…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 03:05:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e17e55d2ba5ad10a73af1be19607fb05 SHA-1: 921e82c1662b34211fd2090334897727a4ddf981 SHA-256: 69b8b49fde4ed6896cbec331650a43465482d3833025b842e4b0653e84dfa369
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of link farms and SEO-related terms in URLs suggests an attempt to lure unsuspecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convert+picture+to+pdf+adobe PDF link annotation
    • https://ctners.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14124402347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1vu2m2lnsjotuq65gted7kv1bn/69816126684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119d05790a79---rolab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m4klynchburg.org/clients/3/34/34420611de4c9c7593cf5e5fe12de6df/File/12450565336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccarbotosani.ro/userfiles/file/xuzoporulusugedoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saxonrt.hu/img/userfiles/files/53723839674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://denizlihorozu.com/resimler/files/40525478441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicincw.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/bodami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/mokelumuwaneposifodufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcelponjee.nl/ponjeefiles/file/kutome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strap.sk/uploads/file/linerezerule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodvellythailand.com/upload/files/nuwefirujebonadovovuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tfunih7rjog4r2ucvs1e4q1koe/dijabamesoworoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rpv-drachten.nl/files/file/tijojadesosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e9cbed18b---63802841791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d4b5484238---2705784364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkykinhdoanhkiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/15400001129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photojet.bg/userfiles/file/zaxadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/024bcd95b574f31993265117ee9b5596/19637906234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://incucinaconalberta.com/userfiles/files/tabaguzifadakerasuwupina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a029e958b38---56736474111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journalofcritique.com/ckdosyalari/upload/files/44141879677.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_off0000d3fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3FC 10736 bytes
SHA-256: cd7832d13b767cbf70a6b7fead9990496f2363c7cd5d51f51a9717575df6778d
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC9B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000104ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104AD 16464 bytes
SHA-256: 8f866400cf34c8fb21f256de26ef73e794cefaa644fb45ef138693836be2037a