Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68c13ce5b695bd5b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 18:36:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 06f353605f9318e13ea93ad45a0b951e SHA-1: e07673c464c6bc3d96c3037feaa6453c7268a85c SHA-256: 68c13ce5b695bd5bd2ea4f86513a0bcd14aa526efb7e7273c8023f9aeae38058
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, likely to lure users into downloading further malicious content or visiting phishing pages. The presence of external URI heuristics and the ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS firing strongly support this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=charlie+full+movie+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dfacdf0770---39116927813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1607533da0a0f6---juxavikizimodipasilux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b50b9b13bdf---54706481056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akemi.ro/hirek/file/88449303361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/765c47d7e8c2a47abd4f8acaa983baea/rizapinoxebusomarobogeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd23229092---gugonog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubranni.com/uploader/files/79011130820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b4de4325e---55385792863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.combangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/53396858117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bf454eb4bef67b887b81dd27d820097/35195476375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e118e21eb7---wafobunotufojifobikefuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b219286b76f---5911177039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocquyhiem.com/userfiles/image/file/baxoxerutix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americasbestmanassas.com/uploads/files/kadofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749fdc1c1b8---11192415519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canhtoanland.com/upload/files/muxuzegizutaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084070dacb7a---2234258746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2lhm07cquabkeqhonica80lu1/45512643367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b907445b937---87556033595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085fc787709d---36548292253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fincasotilloviejo.es/files/sotillo/_repo/file/31120000897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtlebanon62.com/clients/5/5e/5ee551a8be14a26d7d76bc5e90dd1372/File/kokijigepokufesosud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackielaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/givapelitenat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca66f99d94643903e4bd0677ee3c48a0/60896632824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/42877618225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/benarorap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burmesecatclub.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a585b12859a028aa92decdae5828963/zavutitasajifekaluxomekul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e4a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4A8 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 03147adb59c9e86baa8916541886568be603d1a3866730579cc8d46c72b446bd
font_01_sfnt_off0000fccd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCCD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000114df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114DF 16880 bytes
SHA-256: d20e509ae0b03dd0991dd2fe5d6b1552692400f134b4f5e8bea1d95d159bf7d2