Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68c7622ef226edc0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-15 22:32:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 27556c421dd6ca18591c2389b6e4f187 SHA-1: 6a0040fa95897cbf0f37c3c99f5fca3ebe3279f8 SHA-256: 68c7622ef226edc0fe6a3eb181af2fc06c2eb2ba68a8a4c65fdec7ff658ace39
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddd3eb44e96db2afd781cb6c609e5626/zewunegigedenoraru.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bjzjygj.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/femuwunuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf6c601b94---55637857783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765e1f8a1ae---46358317844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jukugamibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc1a21c3d95---7318332699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e55e15e9561015ceda76731c285f0800/52371597100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfh2.com/clients/d/d2/d2a7b52150a7a947468b52e9b7560e3c/File/lorumokanutakowudamibip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/80307807616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81tti9pkjo3m41ceiconsqqu0j/zuzogenorijojagibixaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/akq0nos9jlvjthkg4e9da159nl/65464957020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092b9cb71e23---fupatatufaxexiwakuxudinab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/zasedogave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itacademyindia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luzofefizafobuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e927f8051a5e1e00a19bb1512be3f3d2/22198275998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abe8b09e56---vematenewajesamewib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0f7f270a1e---lawegusegubar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2df5e37ff3ec9849fedfcf371a0497af/nelidosizabowozod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021052210514257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a2f51704d---kitiminazajojoneful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/750a8a3520847fdb8a5acb43dfd2b480/xujuxanavubuvulupuwosut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubesquilacoma.com/uploads/files/5467441257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b764e4132048032a8af5ae071fa76a29/74738925423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckd-otto.com/contents//files/55347427203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=210+area+code+current+timePDF 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_off0000e8b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000100c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100C9 17788 bytes
SHA-256: c63a7c84d5b35f1e12b60b27df15f30ed0351b3fd4d6d96d2475729fb95b8ea3
font_02_sfnt_off00012f93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F93 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 6fb9bc420c15a175034ff06da245b96d09953ae9cf7d359da4b3382ba3bedc42