Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68b1a18c9d4f6391…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-07-24 15:17:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 236e5ed2e93e3229c8bc3b461e06ab80 SHA-1: 4d436abe21dd4bde2fc84302c71c3311f8d57ed5 SHA-256: 68b1a18c9d4f639129b5bd24a3b216cb1d2079ba18c45a86ff1a921f8148180d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution through a link farm. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection or further malicious actions.

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://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/839c7f978e167fbce85a1aa514f3b7d7/mofopawabuxivobugabunif.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/bugup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/netasexas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084bca9c295f---47193424290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vstarmp.cn/upload/files/20210710_142116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--dlek-5qa.com/admin/UserFiles/file/19452893269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d501f48ad0---muvesiraguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eefbe1fd2d6042f26e73889c8e4d17b0/xeberabelomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5ef662db43bee315d4a30b967ee750e/vizewolesixarule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vitecolte.shop/file/32874464234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c527823b3---bebirinaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonthephunglan.vn/upload/files/95368782405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27b7a74ebe---60422479461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e76cad4bfde---tasopukagozunugujidasapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bf1d124a1415858ec960c64d3537e43/nawat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobraukraina.org/sites/all/sites/dobraukraina.org/files/lanowirolamedikuzevelaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc9f639ce138ab15c3a7563471439e27/50026681571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meteosputnik.ru/userfiles/file/letaraviperejejofulevama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/502391222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b817813f6e0---42809034369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/92195878493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioterapiazabiegi.pl/obrazy/file/naboli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shih-tzu.ro/files/file/12733335654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=singular+possessive+noun+definitionPDF 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_off00010981.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10981 10916 bytes
SHA-256: ad879aa3e45f32fab677ef0e2d01efc7711fac3795af190270d4645bc89d1691
font_01_sfnt_off000122b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122B2 18720 bytes
SHA-256: 7e1e4f23630fe59e5146a9f60090c7d5dff9782dfaed5e3c15d4d253c8f56b2e
font_02_sfnt_off00015319.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15319 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1