Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f691cad0f976c6b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 06:30:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9dfffbdb5e419d0b70c0cd11083f4de0 SHA-1: 57402bd603eac603cffd148b60ebd4af7bc031a3 SHA-256: f691cad0f976c6b3fb8ee4a6130f9dc00acd03e1bd8858b81244f00c3778aedc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a spearphishing attachment designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=132%2F33kv+substation+training+report+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://bscartridge.com/pic/zomitof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdd8a91df0c---pawusugefazowesiwizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmountvernon.com/uploads/files/26519747941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaptap.net/userfiles/file/82804029955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e30a9a863cd7b07578f251910321fc5e/zupozesoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomartani.eu/userfiles/files/5216286482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sayarbobinaj.com/file/danalakulafimabupok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daearesort.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210728_EDF18DAD7E3FC825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ng19nlr5m3an94asnstujraj36/80125309879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scea.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71374726125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avantagesapp.com/uploads/files/33440128376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc8c91c7972a44b806ef1214cff0f835/nesaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vouchertiket.com/airplane/ckeditor/uploads/files/nenugexag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujiya-burbank.com/uploads/files/rigeravulunemigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwm-quanta.com/upload/files/mubigimijabidapuraxuxupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/felor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45o75s1liictngsf4b6ogk0uc2/94701127370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/dewekijojixelupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drukarnia-skawina.pl/app/webroot/media/files/48693181860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3fcdd640e39116cfd00407cfef7938f/ronekove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ade9e8bee704cbdff1b9c3407df60106/nifewexusarujosutiwepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/17720342826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltdb.com/UserFiles/files/36029511761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e3262d3cc---zeniwagatowutifef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xageunion.com/userfiles/file/rovosuwijusimadakemenotir.pdfIn 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://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_off0001077d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1077D 11440 bytes
SHA-256: 6c0850de8a680a6bd34bc399f48d554386689dc305a643d6d3cdf6793379da4c
font_01_sfnt_off00012278.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12278 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A8A 17532 bytes
SHA-256: 3d860aed420c43a53fb88cdc287fe5b5d1f3c8588a8e243d096c587b17c24955