Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b68a5ab3f0d6c0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.6 KB Created: 2021-08-01 13:11:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b70a67a6b8dc431a44eac7e66adbe8a1 SHA-1: 2758f63e30c7d57d37a92ff239c042cc234de330 SHA-256: 1b68a5ab3f0d6c0e030b5390d731533ac1dd9a7798f5c101acf51d80c7b8dd97
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a primary indicator of malicious activity within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e42ac98791ac4c8b73693167da6c0473/xesusuxivajugusabibudibam.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i57foa946rtgued7g4hicjjhl2/11988458593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a56a51ae44f7691c4cebc8a716fa990d/xobejifabuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/nerubodijumosanek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nupemenafuzitopofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b79bcc45226---2061083015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scandirent-new.ru/uploads/assets/file/ludafotasivipezukuwaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771a79ccc12---difogeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e8c8dd964---5906025592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--nmqu14inmf.com/upload/files/kobilip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa3868c26a---84663991171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/firejituzow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobe-ing.it/userfiles/files/12965695760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8329453baa---17674189833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sghr.ca/upload/ckfinder/files/juvipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ktgqh8hqv6ohj7vpbht9kr6f9v/68834870147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-4/20210604101129372729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiangsutravel.kr/userfiles/files/20210717_011525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfe948130c4291ea046f48e4875eed53/11379950939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anctools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46795478557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/xugelide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/rejeremomamunuzeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609838c02a0ff---17126113420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/60753273697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdvvietnam.vn/webroot/img/files/37136685307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=maytag+bravos+washer+problemsPDF 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_off00011a48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A48 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001325a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1325A 17844 bytes
SHA-256: 579befc523c19d3be95bd884b21f98c4efc4bd7c127c0ce8c09e3724aa9f7365
font_02_sfnt_off00016139.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16139 10904 bytes
SHA-256: e9b997d132eb378c2835b19bfa8959115f1488a8c1d048a69fe538e443922be7