Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69ce71d26d2b3871…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 08:31:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7a68233afcaa27e584638df48a19ead3 SHA-1: e3025f573acad8ed84c22d4aab77ba0ab55b9234 SHA-256: 69ce71d26d2b387101a9c5a1d177a554ac22d8ae5318da58a350c4768d250844
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. The presence of numerous external URIs and link farm patterns suggests it's designed to redirect users to potentially malicious websites. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic further supports the phishing or scam pretext. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the overall structure and URL patterns point towards a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=home+tutors+near+me+for+class+8
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/27138259718.pdf
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/37142771318.pdf
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecgdcc1klt4cdme1trn41fkhc1/zamusowufo.pdf
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/idl2mirdcdnops5ci3s2745ih3/59510456634.pdf
    • http://iamsong.vn/uploads/files/55030122095.pdf
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a192e3af4d5dbb4352fb88d9a2642ed/34683475011.pdf
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rubiludososanuxulevemu.pdf
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/726fdc700788055901f72ed955ebc58d/19392426587.pdf
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf0124da06---2858469022.pdf
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/bobidafemexitenenana.pdf
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/sarubifopetan.pdf
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/941e7b613031af17af25ea36b0028504/47509573203.pdf
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e06d71af1fcca1fc4d7f8f7e1db43b76/39352586948.pdf
    • http://nebovsem.ru/app/webroot/files/files/gapokutegolorumuludaza.pdf
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/tewinubine.pdf
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0fe597950---75191845510.pdf
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160904892c49e3---karukabapupefenasolixasi.pdf
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe2273ee51---fazifilojejijikixubekena.pdf
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c816bcd667---83721142428.pdf
    • https://www.adilaltinsoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757b5fcfe2b---wexovazapevolomasit.pdf
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f367364a6e8ae125f222aca9d85e92d/zebazifajawipo.pdf
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/67360306966.pdf
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c2d0ba01e---pitilasunobuvijawomi.pdf
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vrn1gg2etr3rprampg21rif7of/67475187569.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000105aa.bin
2ab6cdd8126831b9c9ac58bcd1599becccc9f6d5de20cb352e38245366e674a1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105AA 17800 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001343d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1343D 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014c54.bin
030b9b7db49b08df71c5d49846e26606f88a239d45586a04c3502df045acd69b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C54 10704 bytes