Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68c29d36e2eb7fff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:35:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1bd92042e792e52e8e77ab18ec22d6c0 SHA-1: b9d6cd95cea0d1924ef529306782fd13643e7c3d SHA-256: 68c29d36e2eb7fff70fa45cbcea1251d4c3a47e4a4d0a91340e2470c8e604e9c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a malicious PDF that contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF likely exploits a vulnerability to execute code or trick the user into downloading a secondary payload from one of the provided URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d535c2f1bf1---divorezum.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shengyaweb.com/uploadfile/file/2021081022460058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3a3d74d980086cb0d431d693843654b/pelosezoruvoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://georgekoldun.com/var/upload/file/46500669088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608df7fe4c0ac---gobotobanozamevin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607baafaa0c03---minolimidelib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deborahmayerlawoffices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fijarosozibapoxidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albizy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64707730549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56021062816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1efc26baf6a3bd715b6bab739433d098/23291066031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083338e9fea8---kenome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa50d8234a---lupaxosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd83976ea9---zewelupoxajosulopuvajori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc84dc70be---93434653561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/jawefawuvuwika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marwaautorepair.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/20491050877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e8600e30112eb03963b933c51242beb/namanumupavipoxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinproval.it/userfiles/files/gidowesirupafegetoguwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e180c8cd101---13946322148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncltandatbar.com/home/ncltandat/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lezuginokigasenutulufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3eyamaichi.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210724024322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=mapa+de+yucatan+con+division+politica+y+nombres+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_off0000e2a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2A4 19864 bytes
SHA-256: 143d1d635aa3fe5bc2223bac3d899f71983f2e6634b1dd5f76ef7ebdc2259a23
font_01_sfnt_off00011597.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11597 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012dae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DAE 11192 bytes
SHA-256: df40b3ad4c5197975a431ac00577ac871ca0a34047dbf012f878f59cbd4eb2e2