Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 683c89232870baf2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 15:18:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e60b50c1a0af465e57a540b243f1ccbf SHA-1: 4215298d6a1fcca66153ef36b071f288c41af02c SHA-256: 683c89232870baf272c66b1c69b21266310efebd291fc341dab0be572fec1411
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating an attempt to distribute malware. Heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest a malicious distribution workflow. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature, likely serving as a lure for further infection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://huichem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94634758748.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.lircai.com/web/inline/file/gipawokepogixuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investkwik.com/userfiles/file/xupejotosepedopewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinkrali.com/calisma2/files/uploads/riwewoxofenejana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheumatology.institute/upload/content/file/81672709917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sedefartphotography.com/resimler/files/wezezebagajexikikoneroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a5e975870e---suzigilalekoxala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associatedreclaimed.reclaimedoils.com/userfiles/files/76362401463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bucatariizidite.ro/printuri-fi/files/44677283603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ganganagardentist.com/userfiles/file/narebikepoxinuwutufuxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c8ac8f0067---fatiwofele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tahitotfaluovodak.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kimuguxiwetobib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dishandspoonproductions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68684053955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eghamatkade.com/basefile/eghamatkadecom/files/rasomigonubeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakn3aoflleitf3m6a.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/kutofaziluwogeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161428fa19478d---92708950823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cf2476593b---mebetibitexodowek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamay.de/userfiles/file/94091227694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614216ea9e7cc---nojozane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limuzine.md/userfiles/file/dudufazamumipivanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlataraburmevuckovic.com/files/71183721949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4grd.com/cmsimages/file/bugamuzebesigiwowiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duhochoangthanh.com/upload/files/jizakupewizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfbee.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210911063105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artbaget.net/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/debitaxubejudofezoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderieverdina.it/scuderia/userfiles/file/fesonapuxotefeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=p8+lite+2017+firmwarePDF 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_off0000e22d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE22D 18948 bytes
SHA-256: 2ebd132c633b705544b284927808a139c23de36f752b4a2f9028bd05d108c69b
font_01_sfnt_off00011421.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11421 10620 bytes
SHA-256: d23a43752cc5c577e69cf818b98ae9bf0b969b5c53a8134922e13084a0fbd2a8
font_02_sfnt_off00012ca8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1