Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69d66b7fe36163eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 15:53:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 167c56b35b18b4bb61f9dc78e89b2a05 SHA-1: 72ddcd9cbf95e84ce016070aa0833f863ab6ac19 SHA-256: 69d66b7fe36163eb3943472d8640af0656b77b77ca1cce374fc966f3a916f712
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including being image-heavy with minimal text and containing numerous external links. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/20210722/210722165423512292gdo1l7m6yx0a.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095833fbd67f---volulesupege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuderprogettazione.it/userfiles/files/kepurutaxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.org/files/files/44798567359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b4oss50umfjmv9d8tpj9f48gh/76658984366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kopari.hu/files/file/jetinibubepufurapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipssecurityconsultants.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/joregibawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6f901a3659dcfadcc50c4c177bf8d6d/73470507775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alyosserspneed.com/userfiles/files/dopusod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onecre.com/images/content/files/bibidabikonimenunuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjccnc.com/upload/files/81787375520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorinaldibedin.eu/userfiles/files/joperez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a60a49d10f5---32562014825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maciejabramowicz.pl/upload/files/file/2623468810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/959ebcb256019698696bfbbdab56817b/50130512179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kotolantopeni.cz/files/84232358009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f23d3fe57---xemuxebopado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/jofebozatimesegonufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87424280136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ab9440264---fudijomofaxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltagroup.bg/uploads/file/suxomagamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opuntia.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9c36ca9105dcba478f504b3821cf562/pekarawux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d8225a4f39---57925820480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecoevopublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/mevilelokikokumubedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb70eddede4c574b64611f21dfec7856/kunujilefubovoxibupepemik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/40220409150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=ggplot+r+scale_colour_manualPDF 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_off0000b68e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB68E 10796 bytes
SHA-256: a12848ea164a2c9ff2ae8c11d087ae8273bb0c7590a87a0a7fcd6491d571942a
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF87 14108 bytes
SHA-256: 6871affc17d42f59f16a1c952d61441b932b8de6e524ac8d8aea7187c3a9b741
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1