Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68f863285c2c505e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-10-07 05:22:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 8a290acee4cb93a6f5702d6588d172aa SHA-1: 678f003f517f32d7b47bd09d4b4f89f3dfff4ec9 SHA-256: 68f863285c2c505e6241a6026688019151e577ba659d6c5f4910d38dedf04a1b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates redirection to malicious external URLs, serving as a lure for phishing or further malware delivery. The numerous external URLs suggest an attempt to distribute payloads or conduct phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+file+a+complaint+against+my+landlord PDF link annotation
    • http://inistor.com/ufiles/files/buterove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olivetheater.com/userData/board/file/loneji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windfreeklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/kovuwotapox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universitecentrale.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/10064575619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsdinstruments.nl/uploads/files/papizutibiwob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiendanatacion.com/noticias/files/53124395327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136ac4200ad6---14621220413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anbc31.iscriptscloud.com/app/webroot/files/file/totefipiwajovuloza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mxagproducts.com/upload/browse/file/faleloroberazavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corpeverest.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/burukapaxulafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synerfreight.com/syner_upload/images/files/4918453731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telangana99.com/userfiles/file/28047042363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leise.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66992730424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hylimusic.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/8721286196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemcom.org/userfiles/file/2141123415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://breedlife.com/upload/files/wanevujededitub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/medovazedutesironufetewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionemusicaviva.it/uploads/file/rolefiliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://an-ocn.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80431586009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhunikjewellers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/naweduja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ebac56f5fd---futinuvapab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/6833040555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fratellibeninca.com/images/file/99828299368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161309dcd385d4---65894431639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srinivasagroup.com/ci/userfiles/files/22970736168.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_off0000c03e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC03E 11156 bytes
SHA-256: b7050f9dd9652c696bfd6b0255018c9adaa52ab1472e8b7b5d541c40866895da
font_01_sfnt_off0000da19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA19 16320 bytes
SHA-256: dab07f642ba29ff60eb82b20c5e47412fb5187df2dc74914819f07628184c986
font_02_sfnt_off000103e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1