Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68af590f9510a335…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 19:08:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5171a67ca9c4c6e12eeb88a393b167fa SHA-1: f5ef0da601453205ff33a9affaa43df12ef3d3a2 SHA-256: 68af590f9510a33584dcc009851313a455f12ca8ea5cc852605f7b81d6da5be7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. This indicates an attempt to lure users to malicious websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=which+numbers+are+neither+prime+nor+composite PDF link annotation
    • http://keralabiblesociety.com/fck_uploads/file/piwadenorefipapepabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://net-work.cz/data/file/zipopaxunoxumogiwuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livre-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nirikusijururuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/5483987662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bda93bb657gqn8si204s2d34t8/pelew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kochitaxirental.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79836121787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cd8a6902ad---pekudogejirigemipumereguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfhotel.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8205775949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murzilka.biz/images/uploads/file/71857218634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143711d55a72---gemuvuduxevor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idroilektriki.gr/files/file/81945281026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/depkr1qna3vv5n5mtiqor01v1j/84326837164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161344de5c66a2---85756713755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valkexclusief.reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/31408746030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161337f213eb63---94625899718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/wigaxonurokugawonorojiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fc2ed966b64ccf04e5dd122102b7c47/robitumifuvil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refah4ter.info/basefile/hotelrefah4terir/files/rubezunusafikawixaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cck-brno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lofixisop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exima.kr/userData/board/file/9799768955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.koreayokogawa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tetuwabavimazeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residenzaeden-albisola.com/userfiles/files/23273783449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevka.topmebli.com/content/xuploadimages/file/84528264600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orenprom.com/img/account/file/52867714362.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_off0000d963.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD963 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 2650deeae424b89c0dd58333f3cbea84930830563b8ce1022b6ae534b99e7be2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1FB 18080 bytes
SHA-256: b10806a276363372421252196634a426b4e44fa896c75adde4683434ab7347d9
font_02_sfnt_off000120a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1