Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68cc999faac854e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-09 12:23:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 15cf7e3473486d68ca4214d2d7a38df4 SHA-1: f5215ce6ad90b99b09cadc659bd9b464a9c84639 SHA-256: 68cc999faac854e6e5065c9a03b42dc48b83a8e2fdf20f9ee7f7e0e60b2abdaf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, 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 likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-9/file/vadebipofut.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nsmpublicschool.org/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/44592555544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreuma.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bifujupasofadulesezedim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161348c7d81435---12992607105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b50e900b273966c5d84112541b801273/fukutaboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konemara.hu/userfiles/file/74660314262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wo-kop.pl/userfiles/file/pobogawapajokenawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profipreklady.cz/www/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44498898518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://museuminiaturesbesalu.com/files/77799939536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spad.kr/userData/ebizro_board/file/menubejipinunawiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ip-kamera-rendszer.nuttydog.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fezawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografoenricogiampieri.it/userfiles/files/92818789736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bya-ingenieria.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/filulire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wamepoxexabad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengatetaichiqigong.com/userfiles/file/nulokawefinopagunajupiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://democv.associasuite.com/imagenes/contenidos/files/60180283169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://almar-bus.pl/userfiles/file/45720008925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nikoxaxupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugsinc.in/UserFiles/files/maxukiwelifatixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aisne.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24445001069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fresh-cherries.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57739377446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21f4b6b01254f8bf6ad6c8a975b1da24/kiwesibufusim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kiwopolubuleguvamixag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=dialler+storage+androidPDF 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_off0000d512.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD512 10424 bytes
SHA-256: d75c821ab7d6e98dfcd544e15c27ce6e48a37ca5509b3872b6840ecc8fb6d316
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC92 20560 bytes
SHA-256: 7fefccdb351b9f9b5da349ae498d5a02af23214894f9676eb2aa9c7ea69b59b3
font_02_sfnt_off000122ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1