Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69f7d118ad8503f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-07-10 08:00:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 8c352d0e236cba814224b71b9f95d0ed SHA-1: 594334901e439bde1181018daed4ca1329494b9f SHA-256: 69f7d118ad8503f7bbd6f1d79d6142ae7fe0e7f30508f47b092c7040a9fdfad3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77c037f0f1c44e401d6d7197719a2747/tavasuguxukemona.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae71bac6fcac43cf7006d014112062ac/mobiveripabeniduvaxorag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gdqljdt4ocugljg2cuamr07um3/zanigaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m48poueppca96875bqe4ht65pq/42352135333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92fe81d7c7fba02187c8232c6d6fbc1e/zuligexojetigoxigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/42594990716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9edb14c106a19c4b59cec4050f654e2c/jezifusedipafinonituvozir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranahytta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84101747179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://99hospitalitygroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lufugafidoxodagakagupofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160713cbe38ea8---95439957454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhixnktientien.com/Images_upload/files/40467213007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b771f8b832---40937284776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210520125242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb5f7ccb06---76479453190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquamedia.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kebajamifeniporavemuvula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b64359c196e---vunufisoruvagasodofogex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beaf0899e3b---90323807665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansecyr.ca/pdf/file/73378913048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09k3tm5if6bvcusecpr203ndt2/fozavekefikapimufesewej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2c8d0ea539---38568216533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltssinternational.com/res/wysiwyg/file/davuvowix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/623f09b2952bf1ff89858f02ac6a8759/zonanezotupoziluperuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copab.tn/216mag.svn/uploads/files/jasem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pamat.ro/UserFiles/file/12638844759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0d2b3e67de9b615268470c6a252e4ef/15594929383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=internal+control+isPDF 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_off0000e496.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE496 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCAD 10172 bytes
SHA-256: cc48650a53c5b59318a85101260d2633c26868309bfc03e239699094ddd9b6e4
font_02_sfnt_off0001138c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1138C 15984 bytes
SHA-256: 2fcc5e97df5c97af83a496a02c03120a1b57cbfd382c6162726aa6e75228de86