Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d69deb3565cddaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-10-03 07:02:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 8f901ee312dab74fe11533708eb3b40c SHA-1: b886125aa702a702390a2de13e1a62bd95264f08 SHA-256: 7d69deb3565cddafa71ec195aa3e95e95dea760600e1a341393e9e089a12c7e4
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 sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of external URIs and PDF link farms points towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=construction+loan+amortization+schedule+excel PDF link annotation
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/53911278333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://putzlappenborner.at/editor_up/gukusesobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161515bbc7042d---jupibawuzoxujenutezim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16158907570d9e---mofudekomoxalov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saktigroup.in/uploads/suberesugavetibibuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/75713531561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613190adacbf9---47377220863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ice-group.pl/userfiles/file/kebopunujilomodofopuwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poldercuptrofee.nl/site/admin/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/70671188660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/puzepefuvaluruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copperscrap.wasteequipment.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45438410315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandipkumardutta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lumupevizevokugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westhollywood.ilovepokebar.com/uploads/files/92698490524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-bouquet.be/userfiles/files/medojexulepigejesajepedej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614cb07440ecd---57473663153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82967441840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prinsart.ro/uploads/files/fulevibadisakagegebukaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brs.jo/userfiles/files/fasibiwaxovom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/60571217620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdjcm.com/upload/files/43152034343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hospitalityroyal.com/upload_files/file/paripun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victoryelectricalsupply.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67428987100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seattlebestteriyaki.com/uploads/files/fuxazabamipiveboluxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assignmentmart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55824958947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibshop.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/24323927322.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_off0000b2d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2D8 16840 bytes
SHA-256: f320a857736690cb02c7a688add2525591bd4c05b8fcbda188e523b971b392b1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDAE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5C5 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 7ee6e1935eb0270c8bca711070e6c831b013efdac4b3a22b7fd38e72ede7080e