Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 680c5a523aafae1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

174.4 KB Created: 2021-07-13 22:02:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: bffb9730091d57d0f70ef4bea7be2f29 SHA-1: 50f44690e456b5889410cc140af274e248b52473 SHA-256: 680c5a523aafae1c6387d44985ce5dfc840d2c2548dd2c201163a87f7b7cf8f6
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, primarily through its extensive use of links pointing to compromised websites and potentially malicious content. The presence of numerous external URIs, many hosted on WordPress upload directories or IP addresses, strongly suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9342

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfbffbdeca8---zefexoxozeruda.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aec8df47ec5ea12d083e089fdb9c1881/laxemuvidiwiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f8fbe7a99e---20322990977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laduses.nl/image/file/44520315266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17jl7h6eo0dccaop6b8rg3qis3/bokogemamamulutenudari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf2e1919db1---sekaporojobuzufabuzawepuk.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/79899446519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712e2f48bcd---42146302099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/tifurejujonamowem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://101doctor.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/60b422d24498d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/72331452738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2ctrading.org/cms_upload/files/sarenazosimozef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/502e65ce74eb4090d98ac0c1810e80f2/87288537801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c80ae695d1---satalopoxilamadoxixasebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markmont.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/zolizam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podiummoda.ru/userfiles/file/kasujiripibatopezugurezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe3c97584c49e5d640e0495c4c82720e/zepuxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e65580e60---punevogadirumelilotezume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfortinnbarrie.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/60637031666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kantoromega.pl/userfiles/file/7394142754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///wanagunowirilapukidodid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071fa4fdaa72---pujirezajidigikanepan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=william+gibson+the+belonging+kindPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00012773.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12773 17968 bytes
SHA-256: 10c99d6ce48632d11c9710a10260bb443f63bca03176f728c407219eba503fb5
font_01_sfnt_off0001565d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1565D 16132 bytes
SHA-256: eb83fb48a2f60ac59fad768156047f025764cad4052c8f34695a9c8dd2456ad8
font_02_sfnt_off00016bce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16BCE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000183dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x183DD 108644 bytes
SHA-256: 650a7e5f30107d40eb9a429c256c3a9a9a92639839b5d1f15c91c6dc46dd893c
font_04_sfnt_off00029041.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x29041 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 39fbb14b7355238eeea0303dfe06768c81287b5f0c603741dc4485c897e20fd3