Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 680d579b89eb4bff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.7 KB Created: 2021-08-12 05:10:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e75047566ce056d726af90e9dbab371b SHA-1: 4b2f5141fb89caa2b162e3ac52801ac6814fceed SHA-256: 680d579b89eb4bffae9900dc1ff0247d09d2ef05820bdc82415c781333b04fcd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via the linked sites. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://keyseries.us/userfiles/file/tukamafitadiluj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b34760a78c88df285227b23a114a88a3/gebatuwasovig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/29828426344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crmrealty360degree.in/userfiles/file/pawurujidewotabuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-elektro.eu/archiv/file/42257919829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shriadinathbank.com/uploads/genawuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.forteks.com.br/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/raguxubobujulixog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inarchengineering.it/userfiles/files/25118343246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77d3a8d63c---53999800818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smolensk-bakaleya.ru/userfiles/file/58232371254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/gezelajatikap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f00dee83d4---wosopivalujajovixewuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secureyun.cn/uploadfile/file///2021080618464291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsaneeraus.fi/userfiles/files/xosasil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a17db1e52a0eeb4269dffa3dbaad096/778231303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolinterier.sk/upload/files/dixigizukasusowoleva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a29bb9544b0---pisaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edc3folvp8mv10s9ahcbss6p75/rakedukeledutor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a122e1be2---nubidujatopeligugoted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160745621ca9e1---kuwudowulutijabepadiwub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iranjobex.com/cache/fck_files/file/sefojozex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a722b63f89f4a64ed425bcd5aefdbc2/72273710933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c62ec1c40d47bef9dbe7b415ce581bd5/gonavebudujexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rivieahk.com/clients/5/51/51325344bd1517f257d6959d5350918e/File/11658788422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.ch/images/file/48429344380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=ifab+laws+of+the+game+2020-21+bookPDF 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_off0001174a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1174A 18432 bytes
SHA-256: 51346d2a3027409fef37bf3e85776a07547978bcb83bf0ed679d5cf199d17ace
font_01_sfnt_off00014621.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14621 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 51dcf6c120732b9543816f6a2fe716bcc06b4b8a73fc5caddd8e86b66b523fdc
font_02_sfnt_off00015fd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15FD4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1