Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69c9b76ef211b2e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-26 17:20:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 04aecff8b9513cab8adaeef25a1b5439 SHA-1: ee080083d0824ebbf91733390991f55429d96d47 SHA-256: 69c9b76ef211b2e233b83e12bf94bfe0232e0d5ca4ecf782569627bf9d05916c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are associated with link farms and compromised CMS uploads, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=general+equation+of+combustion+of+hydrocarbon PDF link annotation
    • https://tahitotfaluovodak.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wazokesujodij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137da8fc0df1---62262356789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repare-ton-smartphone.com/userfiles/file/36032143701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g55net.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78479739629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6568291f147344a184caceb3d16fb894/pugigatofipupabugipovuxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotusmarinevn.com/upload/files/jipaduropi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservices.com/uploads/files/bepasafefunomadifukidij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nikolabartakova.cz/files/file/muwukusizalozisuxasusuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/rupopogigibifajufaketus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienlongadv.com/upload/files/59349622085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jakspravnenapsa.cz/userfiles/file/28560948406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myoffice2561.sesao33.net/UserFiles/File/kalutozotekekuminom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merklink.nl/site/data/ws/files/papiwebagidumadodimefovis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pernambucoimortal.com/imagens/files/dufetusoterewulunufopew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indigobaby.eu/upload/files/monimixavolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkacca.com/userfiles/14069337214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kup-vino.cz/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55942033176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le383.com/uploads/files/midowafek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunnyrosesschool.com/userfiles/file/sasomuwazof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtcongnghiepxanh.com/upload/fckimagesfile/nabiwado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northern-japan.com/image/upload/File/kipiwopomideruxokisuzumel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3346cbc27f07460c376419ac43885d4c/65808413539.pdfIn 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_off0000b16c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB16C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c983.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC983 11280 bytes
SHA-256: 8e2559b72b073ace2f89ef4a187594ba7179f4d0a11690df43ee5c7a8fe2c5cb
font_02_sfnt_off0000e39d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE39D 16480 bytes
SHA-256: a2875191ddc23db1c457e15159102c39af49b5cafbfe750d0d1b821a2cfca9ea