Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e69997dcc04aeea6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 11:12:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 452a1af4a4e907b862ccc5616996de32 SHA-1: 551b474a55ad29cb7b2424b6fa7c4f1a84e04d61 SHA-256: e69997dcc04aeea6d99b951055260a82508ed25447f947555ae9753142462302
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms, and includes embedded JavaScript. The presence of urgency lures suggests a social engineering tactic to prompt immediate user interaction with the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+youtube+video+downloader+android
    • http://www.yemany.com/yemfiles/files/70679587903.pdf
    • http://carbontuning.ru/file/74879541119.pdf
    • http://turinhotelcompany.com/userfiles/files/83281825981.pdf
    • http://pc75.net/upfiles/file/1631328921.pdf
    • https://swift-tw.com/lcc/upload/files/63799228907.pdf
    • http://wdnederland.nl/file/nuziworulokedexigaj.pdf
    • https://drjou-vc.com/upload/files/susazapawe.pdf
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161480a29177f5---56528069050.pdf
    • https://calprin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tokufifedobezubibubuk.pdf
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161479eb8359e9---40445855037.pdf
    • https://jamuiboe.com/webroot/upload_media/66597760027.pdf
    • http://papinchess.ru/userfiles/file/nafab.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbfhu6ab4bqv.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/21225300712.pdf
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/303c01b157ba3bd14fef61d4bd6f5b9c/56281921392.pdf
    • https://griby.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89286191314.pdf
    • http://royal-pizza.eu/files/file/58584308016.pdf
    • http://studiospazioambiente.it/userfiles/files/kifalukazegotad.pdf
    • https://thibiditrading.com/public/userupload/files/81269545760.pdf
    • https://ntiverification.com/userfiles/file/48847544601.pdf
    • http://nepalbestcargo.com/userfiles/file/jasabenojitelebexuret.pdf
    • http://aesg2edcv.handylover.com/upload/files/48097483016.pdf
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wemefoneroz.pdf
    • https://maintogelonline.info/contents/files/65653699375.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c3d8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3D8 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbef.bin
bf84f0e25069df4c99247934c4ba1fe616b88e8f1cf4d027ee7b836a78e85235
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBEF 10556 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f424.bin
9f518f868592341594951e02828e227d291f69be298727541faa380e429ef695
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF424 16612 bytes