Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d69afc95822b91fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-08-24 09:29:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 140c058531a8f21f9cfb6af3b81af1df SHA-1: 410e878c3adfa3a8f41e7504b356fb1afb062c79 SHA-256: d69afc95822b91fa924313f886d797f0d87dbcd70660a0016b219f1b29fcf6f8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, 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 related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the malformed stream length and URI heuristics point to exploit activity within the PDF structure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9967

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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 http://chiaranannini.com/userfiles/files/nazozenexutuneripov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://klick-tipp.at/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/fageragabugaveje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibangnhadat.com/uploads/files/41431715125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbaa095c0a4---45029215519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f27ad5dab7b---xawefapudowuvanatujig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/156e2a160c363dcb227ae9ac3ef5d5ed/wugaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cevhertemizlik.com/userfiles/files/goribuzejoxugowokeputo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/rapoxinano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c6385095cf---vatabavebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itkaufmann.com/images/fckimages/file/67088283775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u8acgmok4fqs8mb1r47sunacf0/fafelereperabodifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--90ah6akb9e.xn--p1ai/f/file/23567390016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b2b28315c7---kinatola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzzxtl.com/UploadFile/file/20210619054354874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auburn-properties.com/userfiles/files/nubuxisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e89f78091c5cf4ab9358efe247d9201c/1792168851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwbright.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-23/20210823205649597542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607485049b4df---80775715691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700e740f5f6---29832562066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160917ec499eae---56710168900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/enjqemetjetulq9tcgt0svpqr5/97725433267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meesens.be/KrMee/Tekstverwerker/gepatimerazidozer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staples1981.com/clients/b/ba/ba027a536d51c1d997ee76cae6dc9017/File/65844240850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/lekijukib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/962ec77e674f99603b8e9be30bf01099/jolumozeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b1ff4ca30---pupituz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=accident+synonym+5+lettersPDF 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_off0000ed09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED09 17836 bytes
SHA-256: 73b44e675d4c2f26b676a883dc0ba53feac8eda58250b7087b2c5bff382a4e19
font_01_sfnt_off00011b61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B61 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013378.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13378 10600 bytes
SHA-256: f54d72084ba27e5adda46e326c77b046aa01b67e386250c6f88f4274e5522e0c