Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68be23a25fe11ee8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 05:12:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 067547ded1a2a7cf60e91df7478da6c2 SHA-1: a2939f8567bb8b51acd64938dbdcb18bbc39bf93 SHA-256: 68be23a25fe11ee830c97cfcaabcd6823114a6f0b042e20b1fb5498b606aba7e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, presenting numerous URLs that point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a distribution mechanism for further malicious content or phishing attempts, aligning with the Spearphishing Attachment technique.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://leosservices.com/userfiles/file/12367100704.pdf
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc7cbad9c7---fudapuzuxiborazugigifa.pdf
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5o7g9n6v85rr89rnu5maimsk92/kakogufakidafozew.pdf
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fa166150a4---wezuwujonuzosesedunupep.pdf
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/59074255881.pdf
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a38d48c3488---43162229840.pdf
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/617815663d95c44b0c1cf3c0aec8ceb1/solujupoleguxivuwosok.pdf
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609773b5dae1d---xotuxop.pdf
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823d666b0ce---66147515601.pdf
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c295a6bd1e3---rujisova.pdf
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d67bbbdb4---66325679736.pdf
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7dk4r846s1g40ciepla3js8p1/77604687002.pdf
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/kotijonudatabupazedidan.pdf
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a36bbb63b1e---80406118654.pdf
    • http://veivel.com/userfiles/file/79872570558.pdf
    • https://chauphongasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/etf6th3bmndp44ep41aplhb29h/pikesekabaxusa.pdf
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a08a08d8b5c---29685340929.pdf
    • http://mjsolankifoundation.com/fck/imagesfile/diberadepejufa.pdf
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8d837d6280---77622131837.pdf
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607582abbc6b2---20048736472.pdf
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021052116571837.pdf
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-7/20210507153047950386.pdf
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/koxonito.pdf
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/55419813992.pdf
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb14ee07b2---88462744824.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=github+pages+template+bootstrap
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b9f6.bin
f0e44e5c4ea80300caafec768ec2d68381fbd9d60a1e86630a4e59f98c004b63
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9F6 10872 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2dc.bin
c5984e349c4382c3bbb594e14faacc642577afe23595d8c713cd6b83009f665f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2DC 16120 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc7a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC7A 16792 bytes