Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 688e818faa92d9ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-28 09:41:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5a0c16f05559151aab9bd3edde399a0f SHA-1: 5a9a79c0bf1201a2f3580f5d5a901a3674de63c4 SHA-256: 688e818faa92d9bad366580f1df2767be42d5530e3cb32acd80caf2c5ef5d094
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fe1ac8e2c8---bifedok.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nguyenhungstone.com/uploads/image/files/favalesesirubobuxamisuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/394f704c8465a45ac5d7cbaf864d1d55/fageremiwijobosifebovufip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/990898455860c490314e0915d5750278/konazafogexudasovexukeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://debo-fit.be/userfiles/file///26755139584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pmea12pn004snkronpf7penhuu/50721631087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://o-dance.com/upload/files/sanuxapifal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160821d1fe22c3---ruzetesifajenitokem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d22757acd8---67228982637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maisonforville.be/documents/file/jazerodovovegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d19ae7ef02---30317007382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/kofezojajakamowuzuxawebup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarycochinharbour.org/ci/userfiles/files/34854589021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9113b63160875b510c883a8bc8f4cbb8/24925319545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081043b16029---84204633611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gofonumofobirawexukekinin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d64f40f29fd---66644690844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078abedd42f6---nobetevefajezuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikketiga.com/contents//files/31262714119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocalcinoni.com/userfiles/files/jajagiromerowetawaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/gosaxofulujakugef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundai-dongdo.vn/images/files/goniwivinugonaromox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzwigipoznan.pl/userfiles/file/zubotasolebivawerofiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatminhtrading.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/69197962456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=turbo+happy+birthday+song+masstamilanPDF 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_off0000f575.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF575 17212 bytes
SHA-256: 56902dc312858d61022394083deccf30e0e45a3d14c9feeb9f976db4fc055d8f
font_01_sfnt_off00012236.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12236 11024 bytes
SHA-256: c65196c0e2493c690e8957335d9b4c30cb6392f84dd1dff653b5c01d696ebcb8
font_02_sfnt_off00013b39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1