Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 769ba3189c6d0a82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 12:48:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: eef4b416018801f13fd8a8a6e2b31d3c SHA-1: 15bbee81833661eee6ec9271d0dbc3f5c6ac8d9f SHA-256: 769ba3189c6d0a82578d610660bb5d2218f312284356d70987511bfda56dae0f
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 CMS uploads and are structured as a link farm. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to potentially malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133234eaeefe---65144478630.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133f352a9e39---71638774799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qpshouse.com/upload/image/file/89859806749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-zlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kedejododomapixidovamixiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanyachts.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/rasenuvimimid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoaidn.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57279116720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021091310570418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baruraprotidin.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/ratonudofafibaselibajoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digivideos.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32677535771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinda.ru/pics/images/file/22194474767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e5f88eba64---tatukazimatavamewazoroko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.libroparlatolions.it/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56942563971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/tivus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bennett-legal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bufikezejivarogepod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsi-international.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95073776961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83550287298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archiw.bibliotekalesmierz.eu/img/upload/files/161303878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuepancong.com/contents/files/ritiribibevikesuvok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f0a92d5820---43530667551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onroerendgoedindex.nl/images/uploads/34014905160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locthanhroyal.com/upload/files/7058235094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karpatskiles.ru/store/file/8378847864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/83155447976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ocptecnology.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/kemiwumamepidabekin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotykbylinky.sk/_subory/subory/12629891365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=watch+how+to+be+single+free+onlinePDF 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_off0000dde2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDE2 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 1a23553cfa86600b6df0d4df774856c8715da1d5a6df8984d866639b96a59097
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F01 18420 bytes
SHA-256: 0d6790d08e03b95c2f5943c780da20961fb9ddb196c89e9bd80162e3ea606c01