Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 688c3aadbb73902b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-07-19 16:55:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 9bb8037f46cad38362b379b1bd0bfcaf SHA-1: ab55b3915092a14906d50e7ff8e6b2d60a7b49e0 SHA-256: 688c3aadbb73902b229fa7895bc85730adfc32678788a80a7008f780a0b6daf8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/47106051094.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-21/20210521082054886875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d671fc442b543a55542dce5ce04b9c26/makipaboje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/tipoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrkanuch.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/masisalobitaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/090aa7b48568839b5d11cb9c83a0b96d/3264410344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freetourscadiz.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/74243378622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-pisanie-prac.pl/famprojekt_z_serwera/images/file/66384342363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/57446052441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac3821926a7---20558372040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotararicedo.ro/files/files/dulovisowor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c971610e5fc9ea930e7847495c65903/mufepanarogetunegop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/sojemumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a50cb2dd7cd45eb1db13d9b5a98490bc/gogusovononabajamadeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e788e2927c---tiwasefonozamupuwed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghedanang.com/media/ftp/file/84277060746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8533edca5c2b650295bb5fff5696069b/jedumedezijaleloxefamigal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160965bc3c5f5a---fukawobujibudenudam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/teruridakovexexufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fc06a5dfb6ad63ef239b80f4e286eac/99497813641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyosangjo.com/userfiles/file/20210702034313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0p5mdqrud6e29lt8g0dfh99ria/73506984736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaiboxes.com/piceditor/file/58929000373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=99+usd+to+thbPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_007_off00012a26.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x12A26 17032 bytes
SHA-256: 21dfc3298b3d721ffa6d65c01883682b63e6524b2d9f16834bf940a16c579d45
font_00_sfnt_off0000c772.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC772 16816 bytes
SHA-256: 262598c92f3d8c1a0536ab69b3009804faddde304d54e2623e8ed38a9706498e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f35a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF35A 1780 bytes
SHA-256: ee6d8c25003eb2de61ee1fda640ec7b8e4605923364b71ee832b966c85f0f81c
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBBD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000113d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113D4 10020 bytes
SHA-256: a50d714f1b50ac1c1de27e8868e8333fd99b1eb34106470807ce19b88c0e2353