Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b69197955e1a60db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-07-05 22:17:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 2c1551cd244e5331b5d781045d1be6e2 SHA-1: a517a910d08aa6b0c2bd12d5b33624516a35067c SHA-256: b69197955e1a60db5e2583b0d25e393edacb8afa5907c07ffb41af222bfb6528
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. Static analysis reveals it functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to PDF files hosted on compromised CMS platforms. These links are likely intended to lure users into downloading further malicious content or engaging in phishing activities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aa8b5294faa893d89a95b0ae2eb0112/98132427838.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pn-tech.net/userData/board/file/5598480813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/11458379008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bvsaigonbinhduong.com/uploads/files/52846138007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080872ad5c17---57353345370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-28/20210428210150144897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70707b748190886009c24198552eeb9c/9351745976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09cc37f0ee9ca1253a3633dd225845be/58337425561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86f6674616b3235fcdc9d7ba898c0f3c/nekudinalawageg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coss-wynn-reunion.com/clients/d/db/dbe3622004495b304d8703879a486b7d/File/83166163437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4120cfdfaf6c535dfc772017163df18e/mowawikubiposo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/10251609704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rftnjajg4gfhmkkmbcbfrqp1cc/tonuzigogaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgaspcsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/redakagege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53g4es5pbgcbbp5fup3kq6dusk/votosopijinoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a377deeb5df---38395731070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03676ebb3d4c1180311ce91e74f81f52/34787344463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.climatisur.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nufinoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/72211755826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/355c21d333d563373a02cc56f3d1fef7/pubijiduwomanaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://go2germany.ru/files/file/71052669932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rckcg4gbmurebe6hvscg4d5cvo/31213927564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609acee768143---daketemene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1971c78a9d---feguna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chulintemple.org/CKEdit/upload/files/63979844981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=judgement+and+3+of+wandsPDF 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_off0001028a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1028A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011aa1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AA1 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 97dbe03b2619b1130bafbbe69085c3baf00cd8d7fe3cb02424a56b622e9d0801
font_02_sfnt_off00013378.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13378 17124 bytes
SHA-256: e981c5d4eba811029d279878b2f6a4922d7037e34493460ac703043199c9c990