Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68d0b1b7e90857c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 13:55:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 9e51dbd9d8ef88c55f18e0c10a3d1993 SHA-1: 82cf7d0988faffcd54b2f1b016cdb90129ec4eb8 SHA-256: 68d0b1b7e90857c39009c24d9232b357e0f54327a149b2c130d63cbdf5222504
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to disposable hosting sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The presence of a 'download button' lure and the ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicate a malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a common phishing or malware distribution tactic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=need+for+speed+most+wanted+apk+free+download+for+pc PDF link annotation
    • http://murasakijr.com/uploads/files/72450044705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taeguektour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210604_B0463EF1E9F5CDF5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodvellythailand.com/upload/files/xajodefemexotugikisefal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viprealestatebrokers.com/userfiles/files/27544754204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerocuki.hu/user/file/88352611910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shtaket46.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/wogun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8d744b5d4---4439020838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/64005375447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb9511029c152cfc847136ca62d291f9/bawonidiwuvevomimezigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f772252e434a4d192b59aef7b115a407/vukawatufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfa8e54fd9c136bf92d0329bcc8a594e/vomopevomir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbbafc8a353---xajinugexaranagesaluzopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zae.me/datafiles/file/73730667424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/32966950301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fqrdrlevn392hgpoc6dv94mnf/fofikusixulezikakivax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/270f62b2eab1ce440443c88278743fe0/691985553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-sportis.com/images/upload/zaveliwopudim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lsm8d4m72qk998v60mj7l8juvh/dosijinub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udokutscher.de/gfx/userfiles/files/monomepagefolawakete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/litaxakiwutewamodoxudoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/goxisifofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogeldua.com/contents//files/22226014100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/027f966a44df91402bd24a85d58f37ea/niwedoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de4735b7d5---xexajedudagojopugumu.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_off0001001a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1001A 18672 bytes
SHA-256: 5dfb837ada6475fe94a3340b45a59c824c9c67028ac8ad186513328ffd7ed76f
font_01_sfnt_off000130c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000148dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148DD 10844 bytes
SHA-256: ffb7cefea9ba8a64d6cb1b32226a8d605646459145545e74478a9417e500f4f5