Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8969673c9f955d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-08-29 05:04:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d202ad1bf6ee6ee8e35a949708f38444 SHA-1: 6ef6b2c8ec35b694962d71e09adf5f00dbadf24f SHA-256: f8969673c9f955d2accc34cd5728e4d06e4297f763db4d36b333be53ac6cd36e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, potentially leveraging a PDF exploit or social engineering.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+settlement+patterns+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://seanmore.com/userData/board/file/35754079577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7da5af19b371350e0f104169345a058f/zinopexenurigon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/el97b4ir689ddlsjvuf2e6gpq0/39282865431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesontario.com/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/2296090198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bagstyle.uz/images/file/funubanepakevigipowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theofficefurniturestore.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43821852190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eatoceanic.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/nolewiwumilenejukazuluvam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filtrydokoparek.pl/img/all/89187530492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcccphucvinh.com/upload/files/pisefezaxogifafuteguvod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/22507234659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirai-kankyo.com/userfiles/files/62078941981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k5ft123493u2kdg9san1vjg02e/24127904699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc04a0d89224cb69988f93eab893f031/numuwiwedeponobenonuxaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/dabezunavunatebopalilir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidtrading.com/public_html/userfiles/file/sopatoxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f16cf0465---52551698587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c29c4c450c3---97500335468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka54.ru/upload/m/85275380887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/bilotirezijazitepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba33f9a9802---xavikobazixazuwopeget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c92e9aa325f52ec9975f6c8f3f6ce93/83683592090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agenbenangbandung.net/file/lutetipujilukad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/sudoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khyatiinfotech.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pamixopabisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floridadressyourhome.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/24331838476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phuketvillarentalandservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36483717101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-journal.com/media/file/xukekorinatijuxarumomuj.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_off0000d036.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD036 17424 bytes
SHA-256: ee05dc6aeb77b5a743015343b09bc15579dd47f1fbe0b402d9ad92b3b226ea55
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCFB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011512.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11512 10644 bytes
SHA-256: edb24fb288d29e51d56e8b6e094a90e81f029492561539af825b266c5b69f0ec