Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e67b69024bc0832…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-02 20:07:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 16c5583005fc097dbe846209f37c1126 SHA-1: e88af63eeacbc30f3594fbca50cd8faef98269cb SHA-256: 6e67b69024bc0832c867ea10b78558d65a832436905ad73054d1a47e678dbb62
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links is sufficient evidence of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///40715951679.pdf
    • https://besi.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70688901331.pdf
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/936643614.pdf
    • http://fzcce.com/aimgs/uload/files/tisiwutotovasugowolemew.pdf
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/xakidezogobuwixoteboje.pdf
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608791326aa23---pixaduzalakomexo.pdf
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3b31ca823d499153426395e73988d4f/xabatapuzagoxa.pdf
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eaf43e7dbf27b4daa9f2ab2a03620be4/72591689571.pdf
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jukv5g3hp3q07othn07erv77o4/39254473266.pdf
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/joserazubozedewutuvo.pdf
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0ae7255d7b---nozozixa.pdf
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b64fa7947e8---10658175627.pdf
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pfj61vimnkb1m5n6idnlcifu1e/19826912908.pdf
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/zilibitut.pdf
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8cf80d02ac---250001171.pdf
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bglrakp1jjjjqtoa2sk2lk3rk/96090807618.pdf
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/snnqa4d312226f8ll6aoksgh4r/firebu.pdf
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160deb6f4d5a8f---danagowi.pdf
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083381277312---5575189611.pdf
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609837dbdbe1e---zatowujolosigadu.pdf
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-25/20210525214925394320.pdf
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608586773738c---zegajam.pdf
    • https://adikketiga.com/contents//files/22085656276.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=bible+scriptures+to+ward+off+evil
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f102.bin
4808aa53ce6d73b4ebf5fab180063e606513e778f9fbae0c8de9b77a24906cd2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF102 16712 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011c0e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C0E 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013425.bin
d55cd70028f032967dc1f8caa31df95f2a96e17d31b281aef035f5586f93e23e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13425 10952 bytes