Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5969ec8e0a01e2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-07-24 10:01:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c9071b5735fb8210a3e92c88418cdfcd SHA-1: 675489b2fea0c3747bcb83d61116dc6f631a92a1 SHA-256: d5969ec8e0a01e2ff52871d894d9448ed39d57d518c6cffb42cf7657e4ea82fe
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack by hosting these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9677

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://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/365b8f451c03204e930b691d0cbc46b9/sulixozuti.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://northstarbaptisttyler.com/clients/a/a4/a4b4c2e389351fb2dee96c3f727c6a57/File/53890944974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fopeegc0hm3mhbsfsh1bivq0jl/vekonasafiveki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.web-globus.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voganesefalix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084175f8f9f0---19992173717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rahwayhigh.com/clients/42761/File/vejofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91fac098d8dd858160a81db6c74a19a5/gagixixufudisinisasaweba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7kbh71guan80dadd8elpp7t7j8/16119844184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.abcklima.hu//data/editorfile/47038087205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tilestone-pools.com/i/File/mavarutudogusimusaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewoongroen.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/kokerolon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/85043380137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droprint.my/home/ququ4923/public_html/userfiles/file/demufuvinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/db759aff1387cdca4b5bdc91057208f5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smaransaving.com.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wewunopolosot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magyaringatlanadatbazis.hu/dev/_user/file/11150939360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54f541079c6f52c2b0cd198009151f6a/89603968916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//taregamemokid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0200e0f660---43250000926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/snnqa4d312226f8ll6aoksgh4r/firebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/modefakemeveresikinuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/karigipubuzulerefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3329qppddmhsovlfkgq58vhu4/68109871394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/18812401770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ca2d4f66606bf4b5921f7f4eba3941a/mobawanasesotujisezovivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eda05bde2c4bb3064370057481ddf764/wiweziwokesuditufazaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=permutation+and+combination+questions+with+solution+pdfPDF 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://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_off0000fc22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011434.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11434 17720 bytes
SHA-256: 3c92a8be7d0fc8cffd3bd5f1a22cd0e4bbab51ec64f8bb22116a669f5de4f2a6
font_02_sfnt_off000142fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142FD 11360 bytes
SHA-256: 66aca6bf7e8eaae9f7ea109be62616f16a5a78a4c5d38d24fdba8c3c2ffba8a4