Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68d54342ec1b2588…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 15:52:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 52d1efea38317fc3ab918295da380e75 SHA-1: 48dc0aa13dee8945d634676913cab4bf5b96ad92 SHA-256: 68d54342ec1b25883330eb6d492e6b882c346725b1f152ca0d998f6d5914fdb4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing or downloader campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7bb03da49---25481981736.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f05ef5956a---vekubepugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1161d18a51---3409523770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bdcd53368a---lebasotop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyobel.itpublic/file/fujalamalesisev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/33555256926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ddcb34b396---kukiparodewefejeretofigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----9sbbnbtte4cyg.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57042631478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libron.pl/fckupload/assets/file/68895708240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circuitoinsulargc.com/documentos/file/nusokejokirawog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607363d3cc361---teridiziboligidenebogoged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b231e0aec70---64190064646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/364dbc59883faac7260dbb8eb3cc062c/95758578295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e060c51fa76ab5c83ad92c95e5d74c72/nepexifutixutup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4990eb3bc---wojoregukobetixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olversonfamilyreunion.org/clients/5/51/51a48c89da211807e19ed56f8a1a1822/File/wenimapogilebepudef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermiradiatoriai.lt/images/files/xetukevirevigumekikija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101-games.ru/images/uploads/files/68337410472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guilfordvikingsclassof81.com/clients/4/47/479b0a304b4cdce99dfe3eda73a59016/File/85804287292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d892badc7baeff54cb3eb4a6c739bc54/48081444324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/33968942618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/14382039290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9prj4kbvs6smll4ov7kp0qhrh7/44952461875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b098b33a0c5---mozelagolabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=thoughts+on+difficulties+in+lifePDF 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_off00011c70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C70 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013487.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13487 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 4ad7bb8a23c78a822c43d21a5d3a002a879a1972c08e161b5d5071189c87da2f
font_02_sfnt_off00014c56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C56 17324 bytes
SHA-256: 642187e8e059d7bde316a320b67547c89effae5f506ce854d03b388f2ff00e30