Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 683b45f909b12ffc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-08-14 20:15:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 69dd02868fb998b6dfc17df9596d9e33 SHA-1: 4af24daf2eb000f3c1a46812d60d5431f99c4d7c SHA-256: 683b45f909b12ffc5264d11324de13407e90a10b9ba166226de462ce737303f5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a secondary payload, contributing to the phishing and malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=orthopedic+physical+assessment+by+david+j+magee+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://windmill-bv.com/userfiles/files/zerewezivikevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c55213ea7abdb896cef2f36f04af023/rojelebozeperofexezed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khyljg.com/uploadfiles/files/mekawodotipikasuzoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tekkoo.net/images/library/File/81769453379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a97d7315d01---75457162908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/srvb2ukumk2oh6u1i2ospl6pl3/24270739333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upchealth.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a04937826ac6c169955b8530edaaed2/jurej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d298816e90b---72621684264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atel-j.nl/uploads/files/78065710942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromamahabaleshwar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kupavoguwimigekusijiweju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73bc4f1dabdd15977709ea1d71bd9a88/1216047118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b59a7a3a970---34675895883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12489034722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0a375ff9b---75840170871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/64228781635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6a07a551e7---dinudifigini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nikacarpet.com/My_Project/Hamishe_bahar/ahar_img/files/lesanokujezawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lo45iqgnbcssa1bq235mhhj70r/popojumenijuwilug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/70543248977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3df719e199---boluresakubadafeginef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grup-insaat.com/userfiles/file/24828062678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000eff1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF1 11628 bytes
SHA-256: d9fae3ffc406110a87b31c251e41f444aba75bd16408a99a6212a82a02d82576
font_01_sfnt_off00010b0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B0A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001231c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1231C 17404 bytes
SHA-256: 73fd04f81c3d41e2d302e1730d1039d136a607e4cb5d4519b11238871fb74826