Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c69e983da3198d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 18:34:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 886ed691984fd9040ab92c92b4b3ca69 SHA-1: 9fe8a8c45a592ab06d04dd5d4646c331f1740e56 SHA-256: 6c69e983da3198d8eae56278bbb9a3f860b58f0e123b5445e40cde000d57ab82
196 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 WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the structure of the PDF point towards it being used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cover+letter+enclosure+example PDF link annotation
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0273edad53---wuzunajirirabizunar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o1b89pqjtust1guft9nht9uns4/toxinowukekizaxefojofamol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea6b06314d07d1ffe584ef0d691d9361/betibasajanimipisiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qn4219v85rjmdq1bvt93363to7/vufirukopurego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/nonevumizawonumonupages.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/vorofuluxijawetirota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa3b9e9114---xusirogotiwilavab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c02f9af0620---9481630192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insidethedigitaltrend.biz/userfiles/file/jejuridolitokuvilikela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ndjuk283hu7dpkrdalcq924u4/1072321271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ada965e2b70---lefevuwakim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc995c17c25---wobezowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f986c02b43---38871818534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/26172872400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b3uiimsi97nls26ltlah6m8r1/32805794858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rgjbreunion.com/clients/6/69/6950e03db8b1ea894755b369f0a03c31/File/33020724749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9de8225694---16275817962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abfd7110b68---24016231206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f06f4868d3---wadonegemidoradum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2fd35d4fd09b0ec67a453b4ac38473a/8692374431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncabhsa.com/clients/875427/File/pakunoluvokosisuzugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gabortech.com/admin/file/145691999.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_off0000eba5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000103b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103B7 17204 bytes
SHA-256: 89d1bc399d4ae3931004e64ac0886f1f404cc0e671a5edd716a9bcf0651efde3
font_02_sfnt_off000130af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130AF 10740 bytes
SHA-256: c278f8473eb6a7663d472f1858c1966814857d063bef7356685d422a85c7c7da