Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 068c9c081871f2a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-07-24 21:05:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: e65b6f0a3dc5da61fa0b21978a669299 SHA-1: 569f42579f602eac25413611bfbdec6622475ba6 SHA-256: 068c9c081871f2a7df7a65199c023cd8132fdca18fcfb3ff9d0032f6622b7fce
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of numerous external links on disposable hosting indicates a phishing or spamming campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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 http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb3d2ab7278---sunowuwefiwasekifoxovir.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081fca199139---sufudenabifusepuvanor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/86535403565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/nawosubitizatixutalulimuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiesamadremarsala.eu/userfiles/files/7551978009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da101bc3c06447a506a53846772a9fc0/54754994004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swift-tw.com/lcc/upload/files/53908713385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c445851c4d99adc5b57b5a72407bdb62/76066954389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06a26bc62b---5898795380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nct-vn.com/userfiles/file/nejafixibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vako.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/71548981152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarhomepage.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/38215346075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/492d5f23e7f013e598d08dd25b68c1f3/jezumutirosuzavowebobiloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oishisushigd.com/uploads/files/kukasujurinevus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609435d744413---felakekabudokatumox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handbook.hu/upload/page/file/dasezinojozada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c66e04bfa3---jatisawada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e013de138d523e05a723785e7f4465c/27354658598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1faad425edba978067c5854eefe73dab/89955815527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9r7ok869o8n33vih33hf88k4ph/foxinututesozenekaruvut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budoprojekt.eu/obrazy/file/vazakovodaxesurur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/61223558775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtokit116.ru/!upload/files/7043875608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/221879f3eedd398637a26ce0c059cae0/rewamapoweda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=parker+bushwacker+crossbow+specsPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010be0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BE0 17664 bytes
SHA-256: 000d7814fe191b730d94d563bbcc3699907702156334f549a7b4586e6cf707e9
font_01_sfnt_off00013a56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A56 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001526d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1526D 10548 bytes
SHA-256: e964abd5a7495d23a32f3ee1ed12dd7febadf0cd937a6b0da8624261609adae5