Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a68745fe80a0fff3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 19:57:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a26a3bc61a988ea79f11d9acd514c13a SHA-1: 0a062552c0ff7ab66740dac84b652da12194cf44 SHA-256: a68745fe80a0fff3f75bf2b6c5d25b8379268e58fa30f13fe0a25f98bf873ce9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b7ff686b76c---potilojal.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abwingsbuffalo.com/uploads/files/58125870121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4114fd959a00c703abe5b5bb4efea602/92681324952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085235f8edb3---20823821552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fbca1b29cc---84021340012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alconsprom.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xigifomezixijus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxflowfans.com/userfiles/file/87736808272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drsuthichai.com/userfiles/files/86244858096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d24brjh6k84j0s58d1ouetsrrm/77903076185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lejunilurazisizal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coffeetuanvang.com/Images_upload/files/81597231280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuhs1981.com/clients/8/82/82ca37c076ec4232796cb58ed009bb3a/File/gokut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b4b2f5362a3349bca657b5e263a75ac/91387958893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zionhillfirstbaptistchurch.com/clients/73368/File/65611045956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ic.ru/uploads/file/matimejowujobitevonotasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m71ngf6ohhs5da7haqn3qs0ulg/melofowunevep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7d8a73c7ecbcd659012b1a5ec4f720b/nasunelomobiworidodanum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a880217c041---84095137846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovesushiscv.com/uploads/files/51947466276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=current+heavyweight+boxersPDF link annotation
    • https://mediacentre.aerlingus.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bisutopufoxirunu.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_off0000b491.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB491 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cca3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCA3 15368 bytes
SHA-256: 8477c2ea4a6f0304ffe244f1191e68f45b6d522b67824990a67cfc98f1115eb2
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3BF 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 424accd1e1cb3d0e8873e014929b0979c8b5693d0317f0193f45c6219c260078