Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68862ab25a34111d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 00:06:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: a043323c1b070386b7fa788c927fe7f3 SHA-1: 05d489317adf1ae767ea6ee659f2927067301a4f SHA-256: 68862ab25a34111d3e10e3e95f9dec603d8482068faa7ec99ade96b8407f9cab
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple suspicious URLs points to a watering hole or phishing attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=photography+style+guide+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3366dc0c0b---nonud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cf-solutions.org/app/webroot/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/imgmedia/nomumepapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bda9288b0fc---muxujekeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electriccityusa.com/images/fck_uploads/file/28474937348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballmillfactory.com/d/files/80842459831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d13c403ca0bb83cc8235172f3fde1254/82840875982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135334900a31---pebozoruzitusuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residencecarlofelice.com/userfiles/files/13071797015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/441f91a2bb4e2c74f7b9ca9a98c09530/bekitemufaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilygrilltogo.com/uploads/files/23158597596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f58e507f73---61962067589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krukaiart.com/userfiles/files/sagutemedebeguvum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/41071934871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samtle.net/ckupload/files/70056688980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adom.biz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52607467429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38da946fb5e21ee51416480b45fd3428/84184833966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkmarine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1627586307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/gukuzezigaseditadokos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/64061775183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160995f9b7a3a1---rizedadudofimisisim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pol2-simf.ru/userfiles/file/70549742604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/navolufukulegonim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e1c69e09476f43305e98ff47843f975/gubopapezilad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://we2meeting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/dowusawizatujid.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_off0000e4e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCF7 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 7e0a8f60438db25070c0e24036328feb153647bac2ea0e3ca38c2f267a029885
font_02_sfnt_off00011622.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11622 17332 bytes
SHA-256: 35873160c66c3e8b2e6fc61c805d98a532f2885820479592c8ee8bcb9814702e

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