Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68378df403572038…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 22:51:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: e36dece05e72dccfe05b95614d4de972 SHA-1: 5a857d407aaee5872e7386ef3832b0d4967ac147 SHA-256: 68378df4035720382f8aa280f41faed95206a78b250e46bdac86f68f8e68b5ab
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a QR-code lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ea150163e---51106417499.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd0d0f6a4dde12204732371eb0d0a0a7/rediwupekiwane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cr2tek.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/25660364264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd32cd745e---45619234885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienbilstrup.dk/userfiles/file/45209166966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geo-decouverte.kenamedia.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43198396099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22076bd622---nutupibitasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f31055dfd5---bexagufufiwejekiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tmtteks.com/files/66104941278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagepoorter.be/files/files/zodekire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160896dc1266ba---vusikipanekorozulixaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/111b68d75914b4709d2c0bc4916be28e/74200022468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ochronaskory.pl/pliki_user/File/vibikubesiwekarufanupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linlinline.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wafikigumisinofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/96254660268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/jusotip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/userfiles/file/xeduxovomunep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbdfd55b8d4---19563516638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/sowitabizak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2af92f4dd7e4e13bc5b5e0257275e3fb/janova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ottenburger.com/userfiles/file/molitetobitigutowokewoviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/fomutomaludig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/49898063506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a3b1c7495aef2564bbc492b88d31b86/90705715470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+connect+chromecast+to+my+phonePDF 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_off0000e8de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8DE 10692 bytes
SHA-256: c2781bf85b9e7270b592f75c852f0ae00bfd4488bfb6c42a4332a4a25d72147f
font_01_sfnt_off00010140.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10140 18240 bytes
SHA-256: a76c660bb81b8bbcf3753c1e3409d0978759a4aa3bf7357de972dd6fa3b2c56d
font_02_sfnt_off00013005.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13005 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1