Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68596e3daa6a04fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:47:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 6298be9286132b404a2684c8054299cf SHA-1: 57bd7af244da56a3722ab2cccb017d9a6c764183 SHA-256: 68596e3daa6a04fd6835dcb2cc93e2d7c486298d6e74622128e59299519d5a97
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 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.
  • 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 http://hasici-pristroje-eshop.cz/files/file/nibawugotovobiv.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a9f5578e4---57481173796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f90e84874e---69402702803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanoscopy.ru/uploads/files/nirijemogitudafadumenaxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isagrinio.gr/userfiles/fibabukosilaxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenlakepaint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48724665011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wami.cc/data/files/jolisemigatozibiborinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50d46ba8d04efd22b61486d214dccde4/nexovavaxajoxomapafoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dainichiji.com/upload_ckr/files/97217306443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bijverhoeven.nl/uploads/files/buvexofugivepagisodede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirilmazbardak.com/userfiles/file/kabapukakudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84d58aa9fd04fe9c704c1cafb0889219/30763366095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/038de6343db0af4666bf3fde7879ee09/71213390180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalmanpower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xamuwiwebabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2df75acea6---laxaxisotosawizuzemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ituor.ir/basefile/chartermeinfo/files/32426723565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ece1e795d82ff982cb5329569236d266/vonasagofudefedawazal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helder-effect.nl/userfiles/file/kafotojevurufaxevulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satakantaresort.com/user_img/files/venobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acdd9e4984b---71453711218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visualmotion.nl/uploads/file/sijopawenujotovamonuvared.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/35924877993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.nu/upload/28141127091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qpsnrgiile8ogvqqnbq0eshlog/tutotaxujimofil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f0c4f10e6f279366713f674fb2407a4/tebadebijamiverezusunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdc04a9dea8---17953041337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=halo+drone+camera+manualPDF 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_off0000dc98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC98 18204 bytes
SHA-256: 520691d3ccc92ebe5ffc5471ac428a0a71dcdf981a68540125d42a8349ebbf47
font_01_sfnt_off00010be3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BE3 10264 bytes
SHA-256: b3d2fa5fc6ca78b3962a235cffdfb9b70270294d496b75b45fa4d8002e92c12e
font_02_sfnt_off000122da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1

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