Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68da466344060d02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-08-09 13:03:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 2150a38f545ca888bf17275d1ce1e2ec SHA-1: ac88d9420df5d31ed9e6a80945ee84641152b551 SHA-256: 68da466344060d02560b2ecee7cbf0b20efc54aa7ea04a3f6bb4de1e6cd3f6e8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files or redirect users to phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g5kvfsu310f7kn1qf66bl98i8e/neburimagipamir.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3736dacef9---vodokujupuzewavegufamid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a71ffe0e6b2---vurevosixubenidepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogathoitrang.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/rakapoduxerileze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uniqrelation.com/userfiles/file/vexunagizizilarabororozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dqm2o8rkln7s4ak9937u6jgvj6/32266204626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evermoral.hk/upload/file/1627203773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.org/userfiles/file/rafabiwifemenudob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ni8gfatkllo6bmrj0tnai3cdt6/79295002072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/50957360615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9i1mpne2i8qvg3e8hs8pjk593/vibileziwax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rasmesafar.net/basefile/basefiles/podov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/bosikekolop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/77846878074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f44eefe2460---situvixomorixitapofufiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tomasjelinek.com/img/pub/file/38311978547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metafelix.it/userfiles/files/vuvawovolokulanozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed9e926980672c763495410461c9a302/loganovebosor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9fde5d3f5549ce21e27910ec7d3eccc/fasiwokitixuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853661d3889---warumobibub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/089c7af79ec2fe762505f245d732e1bd/bumirexipajunadulak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/28904060624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=download+save+data+dragon+ball+z+shin+budokai+3+ppssppPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/567c29a4fd777a2e109e07071febd084/godedimabetuguzidixavefe.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_off0000cf2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF2C 17908 bytes
SHA-256: 9d1c38399bf601fcf2849ff11dcc1b52ea433cff1a911828439e7ab8a5de6383
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDF7 11388 bytes
SHA-256: 79dc88a234b886b0961e671f46469fa502ba778d2650045d61c670c4232e1e55
font_02_sfnt_off00011878.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11878 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1