Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e69e5d55683830a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 15:47:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 824fd60e33f617266172c3faa0a0d683 SHA-1: bc22347650cdd24d7c9f9d2194cf3de13b51a732 SHA-256: e69e5d55683830a13561b64cb7ba4f78536e8173c6ce3a37295870d68c5794bc
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, with several pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive link farm points to a malicious document designed to lure users to compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c74e33209d---42747646806.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asokmontridental.com/userfiles/file/xufobige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j3vfp9126582r83jgo8voc21oq/rajif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/2456668755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://picinterior.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaxebofewujamuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84b0ba12b30638fd67eff1374184e06c/monuxenerijudipuled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmriptek.org/codeIgniter-hmvc/userfiles/files/sufijijadiziwariduvigesat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lf1ubn6is808unrk877s9trkg1/67302808154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612cfe5a58e67---92457495718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennedy-jackson.com/clients/f/f7/f78508644b517540cdb1549d93860f53/File/40324872467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandzak.best/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14c2af8100dc9454764079aff786485e/27791786393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/zerota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-dron.cz/data/file/1069693700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/33710324334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d74fa6070b17677676aca73e9cde48fe/mumudeseminigoboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/te86q9bam824s21jgg76rdh6l0/59485804471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8e841c3bbb---38139089826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce54baa9da---30074255805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/madegirexuxejus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bf75d03f2582792d2a0fd32aa6fb011/43382687833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.teeintact.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/file/14888855919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2c44c44c3e---6352442556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=alta+idade+media+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://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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e080.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE080 18068 bytes
SHA-256: 523878f1a3569e215d8b09e63ad72ebd0822e0a187d454ba478848c6d00af2d7
font_01_sfnt_off00010f63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F63 10148 bytes
SHA-256: 87c3d87410fa8e132bc6ba981a34082abfd359c801f0eb456e9b8900179c5ebd
font_02_sfnt_off0001260e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1260E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00013e1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E1F 17356 bytes
SHA-256: 268674733f03de44d9f4e348bf7185ff723dc48b2e787a8246bf9e5ef930c5cb