Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1968fab05c3a0d62…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:38:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 315104b89b759030fde90985855bc86c SHA-1: 664f2343bc4942430b916d099b63d7d6a0cbab9d SHA-256: 1968fab05c3a0d623f4fee6df86e9abe4b27e01a2fa227e53977609e989f773d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to various URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of a 'utm_term' parameter in one URL suggests an attempt to track user engagement, common in phishing or spam campaigns. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing lure designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=data+entry+and+keyboarding+skills+pdf
    • http://duda-tech.pl/dudatech/upload/file/zuxudekobufamomitowom.pdf
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b8fcc22d9---komifezonide.pdf
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf99ab9b9cb---mirazifewimatufiwere.pdf
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/44891162535.pdf
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/bigogofogi.pdf
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0po43v7opsgnnb7r27pcad7vg2/xavevajasixajo.pdf
    • http://auswallendorf.de/userfiles/file/nuxiselazipejimonu.pdf
    • http://yds-wcv.jp/free_images/files/51267326027.pdf
    • http://misspacificus.com/clients/873634/File/surelo.pdf
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8ac16909a5---numeguxidisojixibewonu.pdf
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb3f76597b5---49413532297.pdf
    • http://akademia-jedenastka.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/69778078073.pdf
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/dujosijusexa.pdf
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b099e06065---gawefezesetalak.pdf
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161147e33ee6b8---58355975406.pdf
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f424363fd2---xuxefowox.pdf
    • https://alrukn.co/userfiles/files/putudotomuzejugaf.pdf
    • http://greathorserider.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83334038374.pdf
    • http://f-okinawa.com/img/tmp/files/silepone.pdf
    • http://uekekb.ru/!upload/files/24964265937.pdf
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bpr16q4hurfv5qchh6palnb00k/luvufu.pdf
    • http://thedreaminitiative.org/Content/Admin/uploads/files/bemimomudewex.pdf
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0ccbe7290---wiban.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_off0000db0e.bin
c6f2030394c8974befc3846a3290862d449b1d7651cb9a640001225678669d96
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB0E 17168 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010790.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10790 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011fa7.bin
30d6cae4eb36e84fe34276caa9c2feeac7152d18a5d1c35b303643de30d331fb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FA7 11020 bytes