Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 687c9db95d08184b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-16 19:25:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 10461b0b2c8e871b9f42f91e94b3ac7c SHA-1: 297d1dbed26816774b2dd2f4169cb596b25599d6 SHA-256: 687c9db95d08184bfb4a319134cc9de117b6aa07ca2e37f97dbb8a76f5106d26
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or distribute payloads through various means. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://albawadiroad.com/userfiles/files/julivepututatasob.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/tuvizomafemez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b2efa33618f9ba42ab61506825c819e/80296404116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/so8r8brm6kiuvob8vfvdqvdtfg/bofabiwigaxiwowamew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armanetti.com/images/netinokowakavenasaleki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff5b5a957089b56a3447749d0f38f0c8/67530661595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609401ec469d3---48722569294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd751e6dfd---pojujuzuxisomatup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075701892dea---bopedurono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/us2vh7e0v7ojvjq26qdtq1pt74/84316565495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7721627a1b1fd094da5995c6b047d2de/bufipejorukevipunaganaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/dereze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://couvreur-hautdoubs.fr/internet_new/images_et_fichiers//file/bagatekanitekim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ville-rouillac.fr/docs/file/32226644758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fut9h3sq7eqh6ifglpohqe65e3/11398773194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/dutopowumezujevajini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758b0f13f0c---vojepawema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1c6b8621937cbcdf58056626917def2/42844166301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812b2a40dd0---gegozelida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084395852226---32367088708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/bosuwipabaxaxorijovori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72okmvkh4tfrsaoqoaja1vvuf9/31320508072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dovolena-jiznicechy.cz/uploads/ruzegeloserufimejinedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871cbee56ac---71144238899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=nyt+crossword+solutions+todayPDF 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_off0000ed16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED16 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 9654923fe9aac1a470da901eff7bcc2663397180e58c48133255b2dc25d79300
font_01_sfnt_off00010520.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10520 17316 bytes
SHA-256: 8309052f867356ad6fa8fe3f462f225e55e23ad6d6b0a1f9a43772034290e437
font_02_sfnt_off0001323b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1323B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1