Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 568b9a832859fe5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-11 06:13:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 460ea233e6fc9f4951ca1eb175ab804c SHA-1: b60bef0308b6c705547b070faa77f0c1b3ba4679 SHA-256: 568b9a832859fe5ea73cd9ae872556abc4ebe4b02b388b642f77b4bf50815a22
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 uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 http://ausafe.net/images/art/files/11751283106.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69928382482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/93353355093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestrecycledautoparts.net/images_i/file/xanexevijususefomirutixow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tbs4k0tv391gendv7qamq44uch/vatiwidukinonap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioboscono.it/userfiles/files/noramexesapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rfaaa.com/UploadFile/file/20210901115523530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346c8bc2c6d---bovivaxowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc580.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-9-6/20210906032135512631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6664027b0018eeece16c151a7a6c7f91/nejesizozasexedizag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a27063858b---26186883619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emenu.hu/editor_up/wenetebositodag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiaato.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_26A711FB80987A70.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lednotice.com/userData/board/file/pikugoxazizaxufafadibusar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virker-ikke.dk/files/12068640202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ktgm2m30ltlo7o4uq40flcph7q/wuzunegivokuloxikuvixubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssss-sangam.com/userfiles/file/jugutetonibibanipuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e3i.com/UserFiles/file///83720362141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornwallstaffagency.com/userfiles/file/tegigopoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitedwarf.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/23397820583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costabravas.com/uploads/localidades/files/jekuxanelolekopot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lafenicealcamo.it/userfiles/files/73926881618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=bo1+call+of+the+dead+easter+eggPDF 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_off0000b421.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB421 15620 bytes
SHA-256: e6bc8147662c681fd8878b5d4ae9b7377dc5753c5604cc0b86619ea443cfc834
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC13 10664 bytes
SHA-256: ffb2f314fd478f0cf5cbb95a2962c84536f7197ed08947cf54cd555bfb63cbaa
font_02_sfnt_off0000f48e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF48E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1