Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68808f971dd5f67d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:49:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7245c113a9af9f1dfb8f2cc57596a95d SHA-1: a19afff5a385d761c0d00455a59bd7ec29fa6a1e SHA-256: 68808f971dd5f67d1140a00fcc19c42cd07f5a9853684d64d99b480872947f0f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS. The document contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the ClamAV detection (Pdf.Phishing.Trojan) strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://mousike.it/img_ins/files/pakilodepusa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mrhobbscoffee.com/images/uploads/file/98597475031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/67747745319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicolari.it/userfiles/files/59700111648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611863fe5aace---ramozozuwonaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoman.cz/data/file/6586828909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/5851478373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikken-engineer.jp/export/sd205/www/jp/r/e/gmoserver/8/6/sd0748886/nikken-engineer.jp/fckeditor/upload/file/gubilepilufip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakesushilakehavasu.com/uploads/files/misakutazogafaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/sefatexafutuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e0a7290bc7d0595584df9b3965fde39/xijebidokupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcondosales.rodeodrivecondosale.com/userfiles/files/lofetimafukare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabbleanddesign.com/clients/c/c6/c60e280709801842a26e47e23f21f170/File/4009779764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naraihillgolf.com/admin/userfiles/file/5822560629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a7484ac35b5c3f85de92f1a1a7ac00f/30560319372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/vikatewepikimameniluku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vigiweb.cl/dinamicos/files/file/kipawufumejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithattamphuong.com/upload/files/70264018766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/plpmj88obu0f7gjod9lj6cu65l/timidevorepafipas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konyaozgunmobilya.com/userfiles/file/21035032122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=al+manhal+arabic+malayalam+dictionary+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2943e98ee2---guxavazozonepago.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_off0000e222.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE222 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 2ebd8f0a5d131350b6e31272ac1852528b9630bccb6b5c3b1b32e3a3efcbac7d
font_01_sfnt_off0000faa2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAA2 18188 bytes
SHA-256: ceab0fcb3c907d4bd60208623f4345af98895978ca90913f7bd9d4871caa5ed5
font_02_sfnt_off00012a21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A21 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1