Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 869d6fe224011db0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.4 KB Created: 2021-08-03 06:16:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4fe6ef12d9050b5cadbdf54ae7b16890 SHA-1: 58e9c957efd9eff55ca2be171124fb8455520d65 SHA-256: 869d6fe224011db0ef9e9e1071834092e5e4d4a88dee162293f26167c2395117
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, indicating it is designed to redirect users to potentially malicious websites. The heuristics suggest it functions as a link farm, possibly for SEO manipulation or to host further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=giving+directions+in+spanish+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h4egnefufagiqurp7r0jnopfu6/12008867809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/gagagunekonizetarise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mujeresenmovimientoplus.com/userfiles/file/23820942651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baa0aa6d0fa---kuwedux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a551ef92e95---babowavekugoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161087a7f9f5a3---jirejomojozemazakorominev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091fd8a1c48c---zazupisawaliweka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatnojamstvo.com/userfiles/file/27444577545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ad256faa0---67870497038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/ratinabepix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609617201fb5a---97070240547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/45682304387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/84080916329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frangarcia.eu/upload/file/vesudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1e9184650adbf4b30860d44c1e7ab59/18727024245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3kt17qouv0ee68j50ot3dnd2sd/nozotapow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/biridipodanewin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akvatoria.by/UserFiles/files/45162288686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610828e46139b---karosebawapixiwadet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roomyab.ir/basefile/roomyabir/files/kuworedapubojok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feltshoe.com/userfiles/file/83971207838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u97qjnng2p7ebrgk1ovv0tcs54/29832799200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a133cbf44---58596842969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haustechnik-hagenauer.at/jurexonixivexigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ellev.fr/upload/files/80125650187.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_off00011a86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A86 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 6dd2d2c82c16a17e3235856c7d23708aa86ec51d9018ccb56268d1f7fe2bbb1a
font_01_sfnt_off00013407.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13407 20136 bytes
SHA-256: 38bc7dbf82df123a66d0c522ae5ad89259e78ddd272a2dd7c2d7694546f7ee40
font_02_sfnt_off000167d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x167D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1