Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68838f278b8c86ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-08-29 10:17:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 398777bd68ab4c507cebc418a9932ea8 SHA-1: ba86a5230f13afff69b29e03f57df5e894f40415 SHA-256: 68838f278b8c86ac14c44a22ad0c33d0d59e3a3f8325542b7387e62f580ec3fe
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, specifically within the formcraft plugin's file upload directory, suggesting it's designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of these links and the nature of the detection indicate a phishing or trojan distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765e3998ff5---46069301386.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091edf2c39c7---pipubigomifakesiduvufoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e972ab8793---69325905116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourjamesfamilyhistory.com/clients/1/14/146a9f92d0a296c7c29e793db058bb30/File/9314588504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc7c8858a0---79924057146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuexedanang247.com/uploads/image/files/58946859849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecb4e7464c8---49984994168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6e3d806504---xiroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njf724.com/basefile/janatalnajafcom/files/jivijiloriluledarogal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddnepal.com/assets/userfiles/files/8818416282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/xoxupirudijevatala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k36pot72r30h7ef9lqknrpk21j/molep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609893cf795b7---82315062446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba50ab6f86---59228046718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuhomania.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53418848434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbikese.hu/files/file/84314568813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiszelyugyvediiroda.hu/docs/file/gedanap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11f89be9fa195ecb6f956c1c16c52f83/tesitadepafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmkb.org.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7559021421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walterchiropracticclinic.com/home/walter/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bugaluwujobazemefixizemam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mls.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77272e04f92e6913fa2fec77ee510fa9/21916578949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rltclassof1970.com/clients/8/8f/8ff9f19c840b982a6efda18ba8bb483c/File/mebumakatedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071741cf41a2---sumer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=active+passive+voice+for+competitive+examsPDF 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_off0000e7c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7C3 17324 bytes
SHA-256: 5699e2dd3d9b00060aee8ad6f57a63e64af7688ff921541fd2b7c84afc883a62
font_01_sfnt_off00011452.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11452 10640 bytes
SHA-256: a6ec161eaa4fdc65854055410880d9aa1d8f1736dbc96f7bfe53970438394661
font_02_sfnt_off00012cd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CD4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1