Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69e2023382b96b00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 01:21:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 65851d6b1803618873cb9d1b668d44cc SHA-1: 3fce6c1ca419986761e308838b264ec13833c505 SHA-256: 69e2023382b96b009ec5af69f15906bc841bda3e03bb1a833c501e8d98724569
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure suggests it functions as a link farm, attempting to lure users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=inshot+pro+for+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1d715ef6d5---kawosapoguvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b19dd627f3e---45816415976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d4be327fa---niwasel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49416c7472---84984418011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s8bpbomi8e00vooo90pjrabis4/saxudinebaxulod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q0a4e94a1hlld8gtjjtmhj8cqe/doxopavamej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerd-pollak.de/userfiles/file/woxejugiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e757edef5---jugeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/octc3gkec5ol25gk2maab0atf5/jepeboro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/84912885077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omatsuri.kr/data/userfiles/files/xiloliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cadelupo.it/userfiles/files/45517993570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/titmm319lagmiodo12t1rbh5r1/tekilozuvezoxadirukixab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b87b9024b8fb6abf683a90c312303871/1745662747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gvkh9rb24rbsfdqvdudhh6pua5/13298468731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuatoyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/8941296639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608297a61011f---kidagosuwiduvazizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50fdupaa02ich0rtdkgjnraaf6/lularewegizitorozuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/vedoremekozaramoxagitij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagepoorter.be/files/files/povanegebunilufobevesegaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b6e9ac6fb3---lopobosimekaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082029e6d804---96019123486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspit.ro/imagini_ws/44288576598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088bfe90bb26---nakivuxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000db46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB46 16528 bytes
SHA-256: 2146f855bda7ddb44e015309ab657b4ca43114da525136cedbf544edd43a7c16
font_01_sfnt_off00010609.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10609 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E20 10540 bytes
SHA-256: cf14132ea366a1488e11923dfffa84bc93e1e48a514c9b758251f9c4dcce3fe5