Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68ebccac89acaf4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.8 KB Created: 2021-08-12 07:57:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 7fb6cf039baa536791c8337880a728f0 SHA-1: 118ed85a1663e5750a20932bcafca739c1c3b98d SHA-256: 68ebccac89acaf4cbac089a890c0205e82d709b9d30b8393fc47ddf08eb34fcb
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9910

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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 http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dq2amiobe80ricftmbanpoqb4k/viwovizukudirokaguxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://laughteronlineuniversity.com/images/upload/files/82271758993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/fomapufas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89b035ed36700553bb7fcd9bb3c85f19/51479926418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7bd1a0b2a7---pavubur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvitraders.com/files/gajabomonope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd7d236667b---vonip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oppedisanorobertosrl.com/userfiles/files/78708185738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/zodibanevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e790b1a328---10364025424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ddddd38b1---4012201010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n69faflk664fknlm23stbqdb0d/74572995378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/750b72fb48cc60298dc27a660eb7ffa3/kajaxitabonewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandfiltr.com/files/file/10381475109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b9aff3325a2024496bbd6c39107e9aa/45490048340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wearebryants.com/clients/3/3b/3bb22ab34fb8fe691aabc4d0498f9caa/File/55127382088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/legufudezuvamunapusude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epilia.com/upload/FCKEditorfile/63779874241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxfirma.com/userfiles/file/45405361844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southport1969.com/clients/861680/File/peditoranivumimumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/genoxitegexekixitawejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audit-advisers.com/userfiles/file/21728190697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwan-casters.com/userfiles/file/petumekajamokotedojas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c201f4f4a0---febofuriwoxedirikizoner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/27873137097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=the+binding+of+isaac+wrath+of+the+lamb+unblocked+hackedPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010756.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10756 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011f63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F63 1820 bytes
SHA-256: 373f1d366eddb0ae872b77b69c1f2091974c76ceebc37f48302742f7557e9581
font_02_sfnt_off000127e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127E2 11304 bytes
SHA-256: e1e9d4771833e4fb60532430a2b94ede3a6773c142a7fa69a0f1438ad495084c
font_03_sfnt_off0001421f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1421F 19384 bytes
SHA-256: b0e432a03ec0c8a82e6c6bf23711b4ab9b1e35043b8ba94063dcfe70c8eb5d7c