Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68be7a9e99cc8536…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:43:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2a33917a2421530a13112d8aba55a028 SHA-1: 12649bf54a33972f987d051e92af7e1fe93afffc SHA-256: 68be7a9e99cc853627dc8caeb33eeef9533fa960fc06344ce68191cb7e68f62f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://sanvexe.vn/webroot/img/files/wikeresaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://marasintl.com/public/ckfinderuploads/files/52399021809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://at2apigroup3.com/contents//files/2090494693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c278216427ed84f14ee8c56b9ec0e186/62078914315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yankey.com.tw/demo/public/editor/ckfinder/upload/user_upload/files/91839573583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076cef6457a9---wosimanowetigoroji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/werolufakenisuput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://specimport.by/files/files/67999239795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/jedisofexebako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technology-mp.it/userfiles/files/40599795291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c348df14646---43187840073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.net/upfiles/210728163856435312mind56.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aik3p7s95hcrk9vs7gri501p11/vodojosarewegeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f54353dfdae---36085883422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandenzobv.com/image_uploads/file/patetekunira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioimercedes.com/upload/files/mixodixidezoliwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082532b51754---81936878613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/85861127578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-cx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bujenikexobabuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e801526b823733180f4b46cc1e1fd23/xulorejedosikef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htlexpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96954262247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160846c3a4d2b9---49186781236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=compilation+process+in+java+pdfPDF 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_off0000e1ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA04 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 5297a290b60ab8b15105339163fad786c186f72dfc9e09ac857b91a513e7b5f1
font_02_sfnt_off00011398.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11398 17576 bytes
SHA-256: 62fcb0f6d0af5c9626c38320675fc4fee21a6c11fd41e6acd1eb980963cc4c50