Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a69a771f796fcbf7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:50:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8cbc520ca6a4df0bcde7c11b8538c7f2 SHA-1: f0acda06e1ca0dfd3e98f30c95cb21e91faa9e5a SHA-256: a69a771f796fcbf70195ff2d2a188421a4839d0859b2eeeb120d0845233c86e1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://tscyw.net/userfiles/file/20210803060208_0dfk2a.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vasutaszeneiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31412336127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dohertylaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kizegugesadarogas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tqce214icb6f88tirb539qipq1/zitegoxebawurema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12e23eab44388b207bc2a06daecd3537/46350386830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed95cf9372bfa786702dca4c836bd12a/90923099442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/6725635586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/tekixukagiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pierrevillers.fr/mairie_files/file/pivezeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6m21u89rhbha4u9jtl9hdsvdpf/76890564009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-metal.e-giant.net/archive/file/files/visafepewebuded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f748939f8ab---refaxesofodafonum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sodigaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubcrudupsonoma.com/clients/1/14/14cf715f5cd05ddba197ceaa5938d7d5/File/kowejizez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/to2ep3oi02frdggbm6ccefm3sk/buserumizuwuwuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eae5037f42---kakawel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagakuratrading.com/js/upload/files/kewemakewituluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitmet.slektenkaas.com/bilder/file/55277564165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b84d1cd34ca---17189740937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efficimm.fr/userfiles/files/91642546498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/99337410059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto826.com/uploads/files/bokitajizopoxatevoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bcdd283b9---wiselibujotoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://self119.net/upload/userfiles/2021/06/files/210609071821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c73c40f99c---28196446851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=compound+sentence+worksheet+middle+schoolPDF 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_off0000cc24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC24 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 7f7bea6cd53ba37841efa4f20e76b98257c6f63521d0c34479cab8d4d0aa1812
font_01_sfnt_off0000e54c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE54C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD5E 16024 bytes
SHA-256: eb7006120c370e7e8303b8762be1cdc58e5229fe8d39bce966172c8cf338bcbb