Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69be4e9b1f6d53e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:20:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ff0b69ee80e6fa89e56da7ed81ba3bb4 SHA-1: 7158fc5df9d4ebd0354631f52219272af5342cb0 SHA-256: 69be4e9b1f6d53e4ab284069978c109d8d95b0c2d6cfe234d73eab75fc5d4daf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely using a link farm to obscure the final payload.

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 http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9kvuii3d9rt8stqlp0ne9lsoh2/tolilakorutaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dv6ts01i6hicspcjekjdn2q4tq/zaginisajageka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c356b933c---foxufagarujarawixubux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://f-okinawa.com/img/tmp/file/87269246388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vandervalk.reviews/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/71359021833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etcpremium.com/userfiles/files/88422140921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1311c04952---zasipebub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/121ca739bbaf378e3b912898111be4a5/timavab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/723243829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210508213612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlantidegattico.it/file/54031216823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b451409aec1---wowawuzavemafotinojivig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/789a762851475e1dda2fa5e2d2c807b7/97083124862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613625b9cb08e---11138989006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d23ea9816---bidojirusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f23f3a2844---80707502737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sabunwangi.com/contents//files/25333695959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f02ae873c---zubasiwitanaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613422cb392d0---nemudoxasemozuzijarovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0db5409c5e1227b37a11ae899eb8620/96104837320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e9383b5ddb01babdbc497a66927ce0d/83048975450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2r-auto.com/uploadfiles/file/2021052619464173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rosabrockenhaus.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21508523760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=dopdf+printer+windows+10PDF 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_off0000de05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE05 17760 bytes
SHA-256: 41bb001644d0e89a890d3bf067996ebf73a247b534df4ceffc1aecf1ed96c39c
font_01_sfnt_off00010c0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C0E 10544 bytes
SHA-256: ac1cb3092be2c206e5f5c95cabcb1ed17ed0208375b84c6e1a1d51796d0c457e
font_02_sfnt_off00012445.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12445 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1