Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68973fd18eaeb8cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 03:48:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 626c3d30e62e8cea4283666d83ccc2dd SHA-1: 4a07da991584f72ae2062647c5ad0f7f21f6f822 SHA-256: 68973fd18eaeb8cddc620165243c660e01e1cebdccfee7db4d023a3182ebdfec
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution by redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=broadcast+repair+kit+unturned+id PDF link annotation
    • http://mbfeed.vn/upload/files/25262197403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akemi.ro/hirek/file/15589163985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsk-nalogov.net/upload/files/78685543200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-noah.com/uploadfile/file/dilufiwunupugudipafam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5c22f095525fd94496f91fe1cfe164a/vimufamageburab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130a6d71706c---gakujajuwirikuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansatrans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99044375009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vistobrasil.net/uploads/file/pokawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lex.tj/img/file/68603259873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epagneuls-bretons.fr/caningest/images/file/dapologuvepokukug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tndvn.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zipatisixowifaxenuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chingchia.com/uploads/files/202109161843337736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellerisland.com/files/vovemix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lejuriste.ru/files/file/70427521275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52189498840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles/file/16882544330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/ditekidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://color-gateway.com/userfiles/file/vavazotades.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://law885995.com/upload/fckimages/file/11524577268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ea1411260---najanofatirelevojasulopel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevennews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kerina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwnickersonplaza.com/uploads/files/59551853433.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_off0001010e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1010E 10708 bytes
SHA-256: e2a406f3723f82473c835ed8803400e23d3bb70da2e0101eb6a4809ef879fa3d
font_01_sfnt_off000119c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000131d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131D7 20636 bytes
SHA-256: 3d3e8f2e3518763222b3a8df400dd9851f73dcd70d2943b604aa77fbf64600d2