Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 068cc28ee43a6469…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:58:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c7fea8bab0b960ecb3e7a922c5fe7c0d SHA-1: 46dfde3057a59d7e3d9513751caf4c2c4c6e8f66 SHA-256: 068cc28ee43a64691d5ffec7b03ca402424ee8675b2102c398623fbdfe6f18b3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=grace+period+for+licence+disc+renewal PDF link annotation
    • http://firanywiktoria.pl/uploads/editor/file/95550348778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081612e2af6b---41440180535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118f3e788fdf---wulaxagijurosusopoxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nirmalapublicschoolerumely.com/userfiles/file/7687895577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95nrkmcbk250pmt9cgi0a4rgf4/37953916689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temtechnologies.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fumeritulidevofomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/59176569864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47ca68a8b13321689d268f34d2a327fe/26144258968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/37255590037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e5775adf68---bijunumukuwegutokaxorakip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linuxnewyork.com/draft/media//54328018366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/44814152019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4svj43u8ds5mavbuiedrkd20m0/jofetuniraripepixexas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc45a73ff8---papapigunuxupusalebutose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53dbe71bed3e45587b732effd6d8db2b/pukumobuwurirajevenadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96bmu1omoo358pq0c3kp3j2r57/tixebefefaninatigowom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/58517702092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edarky.net/data/file/22051387134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fpt7l1sd9n5iarre6nuudpnujh/tatejunakesosonesiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hc6999.com/userfiles/files/78482557547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.letspassdriving.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pkbss0qlj6b6a5u7ei2mdgaulm/xodomosipajitapijokuvuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--djr00fsyfv0o5qgy9u.com/filespath/files/20210830045448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f075e3420dbd31950ebfc2e85c4a28d6/24679773589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/29507033876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/47852766068.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_off0000e1b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1B9 10640 bytes
SHA-256: a8946bfe67dc0f1d74eaa6f4dd01eb8afc48fafaf016c997f38821abdb8089ea
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA37 18044 bytes
SHA-256: a591a4ad0be6aa3ccb4b68d48fc1a8225693a014af0ffd1d431c04878321e5da
font_02_sfnt_off0001289c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1289C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1