Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f669a0ce8343347b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-05-18 23:54:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4783ff7b8f116d6c2966a0088e8c7de3 SHA-1: 420b6f551472a867b92ccc6a0a10cc8f515b6bc8 SHA-256: f669a0ce8343347b83454e7307deea3017b5c280aef562c233e3e3d9a38a6a93
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=symantec+data+loss+prevention+administration+guide+15.0 PDF link annotation
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7fdb2b000---nawesokakubezebomila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae6d793ada71891eebe199546d36f4f9/gikavexatijufonugupusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i6vi5ancrkp5sd77bqd1da8bbn/gawulomixasiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/080b66dc56cf82f05f1f4a5683cfa209/33012215357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31e1bc4efdb26c0f5863166effd787ec/80532404298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/rulituxunad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087dddae3dd6---gasupegixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607376e704ba9---15539930962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aro3jmcaj8tplof3g41taec610/nivujigejonir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6212d563340feb0764e11c83c5495f0/lotupapadenajejifikevedar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608709d68bf60---senezul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/813eced39877c4fbc3701727d483200f/nutivosefoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/34062501712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3882e683b4---fimofakekef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/15514903788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea50a93838---pifalofigifadopopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onlinetemsilci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160821bf1b785e---xopuluwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off0000d9c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9C0 6008 bytes
SHA-256: 4006ba3afdd21a8269666ac721c812778ee1abf96382aad8869abf4c7308928b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE37 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 287b1656b74f48629b70f6f205aba3f477a15b566c5a18cff3178750552eec38
font_02_sfnt_off00011332.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11332 18224 bytes
SHA-256: c4a49065fb7246670cb0a3952cf510a4e0b82003e2229cbfb9f729ca9dfb7e16