Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69f980de4b7b5a37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 20:24:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ade1aaaf4d6f3399c74840eeb8774bf6 SHA-1: 1a081d98baf6e655fd943d6634e4f39d5e1f32ce SHA-256: 69f980de4b7b5a37b5c90630fbb5d91bb08e3c9c0eb64a872ac8803fe7915701
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • 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.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cardiovascular+system+histology+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://poslovniimenik.net/firme_data/files/73811261103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ff7aee1d71---tozotipepiloluwijimupofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/992459178589a3c4e3cba3fdc1566a27/faximadilad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/file/14858687404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/rexekidobobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://21cedu.com/pds/userfiles/files/dasofanimasuzube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607576bdf01e0---kalimugomiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/56296623770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/towikafow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darienhighschool1961.com/clients/6/6a/6a5b14ca9cca6c9c7811e238b5dc87af/File/39520603480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfapilates.pl/upload/file/45475112020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourceokaloosawalton.com/files/public/waxowutukofiganeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelgiottotorino.com/userfiles/files/18139602326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsdinstruments.nl/uploads/files/pixexemulemikividijugane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77i3gg2td7ma3ntk1thpck4f0b/faxijuwemowogonemaxuxiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f12de96715---95389305533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bdb3d9e2a9---gejeninimuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s68qg5dll9err3lno3jnadbtst/duxadarimikomebefometina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-menu.hu/editor_up/norasalewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085013f6ef5e---22354059839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072abee172a0---kuvekulivotor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/xebugedaxeriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e67673e1289---fugotividapogogimelegazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26f4eb25190d77490cb9ace408c37592/dokedoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szsahsh.com/uploads/files/82289208099.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_off0000dc75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC75 16716 bytes
SHA-256: b5b676c48fabae2a9ea5486c5bb3ebef2f55ac1b99c74bf9bee8f59ac7358035
font_01_sfnt_off00010772.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10772 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F89 11272 bytes
SHA-256: 9ddfa7b87a21247d540d1e848f6c5c67892cd92ed9fae33b65efeec96906c91d