Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84569e49f48b82e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 00:46:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6c38689cb5788305fcd4deaf47ce8603 SHA-1: 0bcfdafe440da34a0bf42dc6121d005079430217 SHA-256: 84569e49f48b82e4d7a4f9f6572d5dd71bbde75f2029a4d8c2f1e04e09976809
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document's structure as a link farm, combined with the use of compromised CMS upload storage, points towards an effort to obscure the true destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=solute+and+solvent+worksheet+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://anneadamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nuderafofitukigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturabliskociebie.pl/userfiles/file/27205832325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://music-saikung.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kobexojugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olddieselparts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robisekirekizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607037a242eb8---79246163020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/dutegoxonomadapirudamijix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/81428683510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8c60780830fa298f90ee4ceac75d697/visukadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://debo-fit.be/userfiles/file///buloxadogukaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieretvie.com/userfiles/file/gisanomoxalomuwabop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cfdb45c2439b305699e5310ba8a1e49/35394606613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drentmedischadvies.nl/uploads/files/82893203038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce4d8cb4ff9---13073204513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u69mbdcs66o519u43m0mo82v22/lareno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caror.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waloragusagunerawokitane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0up9s85hbv8gd38mhg7n9kmnu8/14951256870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/wopuwodeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intranet.uts.edu.co/portal/app/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60063466382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210608/file/16231478153910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gdchgs.com/admin/img/files/xelitidubos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superfishinglewood.com/uploads/files/50187971397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zanhotel.ro/beficientconsultingFiles/file/danewipadimugix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofapas.it/userfiles/files/bebemagesuvegawinivefipor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techielingo.com/fck_uploads/files/rodoxenap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://praward.tw/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/275e98b2de5e907f6c3248d1c6e74131/tekuje.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_off0000be19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE19 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d62b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD62B 16752 bytes
SHA-256: ac973a26e2549f57a09eac4126c02775ca5a1c04e395734da0bb967ee90fecb6
font_02_sfnt_off000101b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101B9 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 66a5fa1b1b34250939b0463a4643b3fc1e9a1b294836185a9cec348854474a8c