Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68b5c228d08aa7a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 20:35:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 69519a3ba67a4000f025dbff6b55636b SHA-1: c4985c92250bc5b8940233d559ede21d807cead3 SHA-256: 68b5c228d08aa7a7021fec5b4552116d88821be582ea6be28193213a0108cbaf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 http://bundoreh.com/fckeditor/files/file/vimafisaxivanidatifego.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fjqjjj8ocbn93qlfsg5u24m7j8/bumawiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coeb.eu/userfiles/files/xukapizogude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d294d6cee---jinukedonewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnshiyue.com/userfiles/file/20210606005634_761294366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilyatsia-v-sochi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1333765584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/4817772067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609380504c54b---mifoxoxive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082de6a23215---71544663270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/62594429186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075610222071---wibaxujegezusodavidabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad5e1223539---naripalomuropaporoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tukisebeligujutiwoboxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/psnp0pit9o2f60dl0q4g9ao7c9/basafaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dbff313f3bfeb1660739470a4ef78f8/36356026436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stewartreunion2020.com/clients/2/2a/2a0d9dcdd57715375c9f4393c24df0f2/File/wosiwixefezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/et7sq56ujf0q2ucaaicg87i380/98853741005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af9f77157530dc631738f8028f661ccd/lojibagesuziwofitixafod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ssm0gushr926hhqnrol07nvt9/33807613350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctsgroups.asia/images/file/jelekun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/15802719083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a06e72ee010---38131199168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=means+of+transport+crossword+puzzle+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off0000f11f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF11F 10956 bytes
SHA-256: d617592807bff573599a914e56db3db68718eda3b42ebe24859c85f9f2d022af
font_01_sfnt_off00010a9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A9C 17236 bytes
SHA-256: e2e19887fb63f40e20794b0bca524899b3662506bfc6ff421d0fe731a6cc4470
font_02_sfnt_off0001379c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1379C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1