Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68be433f7e5ee311…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-09-21 02:19:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 840fbd661b5d84965764d8aee1a3dd38 SHA-1: 26a053526ad925ce7f787879d42ca29b038a8fb1 SHA-256: 68be433f7e5ee311d8696ce60276e41cfcd3abfbf6390b34fa95b5abfc72e7e3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF reader vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, along with other disposable hosting links, indicates an attempt to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://tianlanip.com/filespath/files/20210911203201.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://denizyemek.com/images/fck_upload/file/riwakekulizop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fereshtegan.net/basefile/fereshtegannet/files/421218208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epponline.com/mentorfinancial/page_images/file/zijuguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarycochinharbour.org/ci/userfiles/files/50166284321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161414a1c32c03---2633265804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkrns.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dubogulimezunejitejus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://club-integra.ru/userfiles/file/siwumabeleguvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/641c8840930d3059747ac44b47aa7725/71653894398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-photo.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tipekiwafawowatirodadivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energo-market.ru/sadm_files/69204072392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bindashnews.com/userfiles/file/resipesazegewopozox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/watukedidepujafetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44e79c8cca9d9f72793f3a3a306a9d63/5365048728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taucaotoccatba.vn/images/news/files/32748130525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614531327088c---kawoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stonebuild.bg/f/uploads/files/25046516623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acta-mobilier.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vifojunaxive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133faee85dcb---tiwabafukira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irk-yoga.ru/upload/files/pokenikume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discovercefalu.it/_data/images/file/86499788934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=allans+music+shop+adelaidePDF 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_off0000be83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE83 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d695.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD695 18484 bytes
SHA-256: 0c017f484c87172224eda9dd70768fda1d0b7f3dd6b3729f8cc3417477761ad8
font_02_sfnt_off0001069e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1069E 10664 bytes
SHA-256: e2f778e47ed02de1ab6165fa3368cc0549b75d6af14bf6fe37b61d1c06b6b28d