Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2832ccef929cea42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.9 KB Created: 2021-06-08 19:03:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 61c43d9d77176b6ca5424a41c491c1f3 SHA-1: ea25194d6631c0c2458673d2cb8bfaa086a21112 SHA-256: 2832ccef929cea423973292b50bc5f6d8471a928aed3c77c42ae0dcf045bea7e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The embedded URLs and PDF link farm heuristics indicate an attempt to redirect users to compromised websites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to 'wkhtmltopdf' and 'Qt', suggesting it may be a generated document used as a lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wall+e+openload
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc561103fc---gigumelabofebufoxut.pdf
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54b5e9da9b5d81c9500ff7faaed29987/liliwenedipemewip.pdf
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f7a4f205d---58274956721.pdf
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5586117372cf86f2b70edbac66d4f0fa/tegopiwikefoxubotozile.pdf
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608896ff7cdf1---lumoxiwarim.pdf
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7155aee63be7a764d8f42eaaf6c6455/kupize.pdf
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddcfea124a416cf91b0a87a219984319/jivagaxizekanezenuzesixem.pdf
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a87f7510aff---modisavumuwosixir.pdf
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/660cf79ea2003f5f161585ecfc16b70b/tubowalejifufajinen.pdf
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9a14cce2d9---vutevapuguwin.pdf
    • http://lnshiyue.com/userfiles/file/20210530152022_1223616077.pdf
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/205dc8b17d96cb57ff298649b7c93abf/68828135485.pdf
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809f1a6e205---mudojibawedufusimita.pdf
    • http://lblussana.it/images/file/logakozetojedifulaxosi.pdf
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jkea0h0s250q2r51l3cnktkcl0/30649439149.pdf
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7399a51d99---19670462656.pdf
    • http://bomtvplus.com/data/board/file/20210511223952.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d11d.bin
3d31974b5aedf6040267fcf3f23c778c30222d5f439518f081d28913413e9fb5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD11D 4692 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e136.bin
5a2998c680ab2188165e065b4b5ab4dd7033c2f90eed68b1507c771def757e55
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE136 11060 bytes