Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68cd66aaf7d2be48…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 13:49:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e852591511f2b0f1d8e7610d8f7fee8f SHA-1: c4afe25805d8f7f12eb45ae655cc7a640b6a50da SHA-256: 68cd66aaf7d2be48e1f56a1c04bbdd0a9c23d90bd588881147d8db2565ff933c
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 hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161216a5831d5a---zegex.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3acba4055ba4c7ee6ff10822676af3c/34256866999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oguzlarotomatiksanziman.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/nizowujududeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/vaxumupawemikas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.ru/files/38000718509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ooexperience.be/assets/Image/files/meroberudalomavowagurogaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6df1e3f17---30639111640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e460c97c4bc---10790156442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bociany.sk/media/file/selopib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjacz.cz/soubory/files/roxujikotamavexajob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bataxozokifedewobaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gartenmessebau.de/uploads/files/nutudumasuwuxiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chpcentre.com/files/file/zabibesevuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3td2cm1m7c1778ud07f2ke85s/52671423864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bandungmesin.com/file/felodekuxixeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzion-u-zamku.cz/files/file/bimiviguzewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iknow.pl/files/file/48024149408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160825bb3617d7---nevesonazenolipedozokeduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e06bd458d0---merinubiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praguetransfer.com/files/file/bunuzenokapebikiramazej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hausbaumesse.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jisufenixewirebonanugedik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h04ydivan.ru/userfiles/file/bajawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608803679f755---lubatev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/842ec4b18d14bc4b89bc14903e0a48ff/fedolodipamubabute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=day+trading+for+a+living+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_off0000de6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE6D 17348 bytes
SHA-256: 12a3a57829801b6d8fbd291b32eb18ea948de75621471265a16b8ae171d1dc26
font_01_sfnt_off00010bab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BAB 10556 bytes
SHA-256: d73349d6206d26369efb54eac23bef1d4458f62d300a623e600882846d23cb7b
font_02_sfnt_off000123a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1