Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0968dab9d81af42e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-07-06 23:54:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 73c9fb0b320375299e541a690ae68550 SHA-1: a80a4db748dbe58fe350a238cf5abe31e3be8d20 SHA-256: 0968dab9d81af42e4f8e0bdb93a3c7f934c3369567b308e72a4c3141fb4bfd30
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest the PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=forever+be+with+you
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35f3a7d09c731bcfdfb320b83636d16f/vavadojekinakotegerinimuk.pdf
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d0fee3e13---mozuk.pdf
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb68d554c9bddbbe49be08cb37bfa7e1/48354495881.pdf
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/zamoginezil.pdf
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a477747e2ca---22347816795.pdf
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/sewemugakafolopomejimepi.pdf
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a616d9574ae---8366224750.pdf
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082601e66519---78211129696.pdf
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3g2ub7eu028u62jdl2ba74n19d/tedagagewitaxenunasalika.pdf
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a077baf37---dusad.pdf
    • http://kemenyseprosiklos.hu/upload/file/42299586575.pdf
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd96895bc55---88548493694.pdf
    • http://clarkhigh72.com/clients/3/34/34275c7d49a174b5f6cf03bf5966da6c/File/nexaninelova.pdf
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852d543892a---78445739822.pdf
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62353702be87fe6b908199d4474f9e02/wamiwiwo.pdf
    • https://cfbadalona.net/ckdata/files/55797111051.pdf
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/romefoxexaxu.pdf
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a25892292de---lonifiroruvaregud.pdf
    • http://lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fogefudo.pdf
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/nomipetoxuvepamekifagaze.pdf
    • http://bhttourist.com/upload/fckimagesfile/jokanupexixo.pdf
    • https://penal-garazh.ru/files/temunuzapogumuruverero.pdf
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hipgu6ov8flql4q5o190qshff0/80483730328.pdf
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e99783b8c1121df203c1bacad11489b/59377537454.pdf
    • http://studiotecnicodavico.eu/userfiles/files/lawaximovamofuxog.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010467.bin
f72e9f4d324ede8fb64985bbdc927d271e239e87fb7467cc66ad813bbcd8f950
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10467 10208 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011b76.bin
630b2a2c0dafcbbef6d557e1ab4e709dd2f9a96b5c749e79718fa0ea8efdfba7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B76 17568 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014966.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14966 16792 bytes