Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69d6a635e226c3d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-09-26 16:57:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 52005ecc126d625aa74558d774eadb23 SHA-1: ea97848439df22780e4f1bf6f25c59cb968339a1 SHA-256: 69d6a635e226c3d3d3d6092cb13bc8083c501166b98c219bc2fe3d301dd345be
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a spearphishing attachment used to lure victims to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://nepalonetours.com/userfiles/files/kumovajuripavabovutepe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sapporopools.com/contents/files/ravejusegiwuxodotuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boschvietnam.com/files/usersfiles/files/kovuwutobijinek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanarina.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/peviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iehyun.com/editorupload/file/66587078552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marasintl.com/public/ckfinderuploads/files/76693821023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e6ca5f3651---85470550426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicburger1988.com/uploads/files/dobedajewemute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136bc5053b55---97796300123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siripanyalamphun.com/user_img/files/sixamofudumenadujomoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clc-engineering.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/43597646547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chungangroup.com/uploads/files/202109160219318836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strap.sk/uploads/files/90515300983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vasantviharproperties.com/userfiles/file/9067019777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.focitabor.hu/userfiles/file/gewigudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://margheritango.it/userfiles/file/44034374362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalipublisher.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zifibexibezitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scouttautomotive.com/editor_uploads/system/files/3069482920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34237145595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e37692404---wedadezuzoporijipigat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132b4dfac454---85825436455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ec999478e2---vuzivukemusoseduji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rialta.ie/userfiles/files/43268177830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomistretta.com/userfiles/files/68471137215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scsytech.com/upload/files/59068303192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=kingroot+acquiring+rootPDF 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_off0000b182.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB182 16824 bytes
SHA-256: 262e03257bb3394cc75d74be53e4b6ed59bc20ebab432b802ac2348205c4aafd
font_01_sfnt_off0000db7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB7E 10296 bytes
SHA-256: 2e7bd739b9b38f919ec444c600cb733ef25ce512f4ba63b0d6261be4bea83a68
font_02_sfnt_off0000f27d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF27D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1