Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69e264418706d453…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:27:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 27325a3df2e10791cae52bcb90db6623 SHA-1: d57a59af007aa4b2f995d2cfa0f3abfed1b0e3ee SHA-256: 69e264418706d45325426535e6778ccb6816982e538b0b98e5f545be5dcf1fad
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting it is used to distribute further malware. The presence of a visual download button lure reinforces the phishing or social engineering aspect of the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://nickelsgrafikdesign.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xudosodemujutesitok.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23852fb4e0cadd78490494640448d1ef/62368664382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akwarella.pl/user_uploads/file/loxodajatejewoxerubukimop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinziniering.com/userfiles/file/71243723268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/94007335214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xtra360.net/campannas/file/piberosomuxukar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6i78eao0hcjq0d01guod08pnci/wimidakivodopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e002eeaf09910499359a2dfb25334a95/15705826626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christopherdallo.com/file/wixotinugawuxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/zakafedugusabelaxemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccd3b65180---20950712637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5f8bfb00a9173fbfc09769b403c6bc1/36550782156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m9uq8kl811r35h6pbj905ekvn1/44820199493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5e17c7cf177bb8d4981e32ddc06cecb/wetapokixejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muacash.com/webroot/img/files/porejebamubewifog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.com/userfiles/files/wujub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079613b3b8ed---7647554199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/53612671805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tj-1970-50yr.com/clients/e/e8/e8fccb6fb94f20b6ca4375945b3939e1/File/94521105238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/18726747596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53080273339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://31kouqiang.com/userfiles/file/1628672722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marijina-romarska-pot.si/userfiles/file/61590011060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viewcs.com/partner/upload/dextfile/kigikizokojez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f11270a181---72649674239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=cell+biology+assignment+pdfPDF 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_off0000bc8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC8E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4A5 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 838610df1b9a32d1545bfaa539eef48c82b23d3fbf7eb0bc934118ccda2f649a
font_02_sfnt_off0000edea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDEA 17464 bytes
SHA-256: b6361d1485295f527738df4f9442a5d53559d087d38249fe76b0f65d8b2b37ec