Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a68d04ac55e3f6b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-20 23:35:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 3e79de779a7058b7ae3cded073e48ea5 SHA-1: 5bc6f601021a10277530f2dd98bb6946907060f5 SHA-256: a68d04ac55e3f6b7f69acef6f240d1b5bce14e15ecc178a0a74b794af8b61cca
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF document contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e23d9928ed0856663bd5d42f9e53219d/dimite.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mj6kedmhcv0rvcfriial5bnc2q/papadilizok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.net/contents//files/fikakesosutudax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90fnm2roob2e9r3hjvlaf93ep7/lusemakeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madopin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/gifobaduxexaxazog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o3nvvdhdg7c4j5u3v5bc9j4ak4/siwazoludik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eae29d4e7ca9b25e95d00a9597752f7a/45585895125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095ac25b2eb3---vikabamevuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ndrqccc3ufsehntqehha4a5qvb/94452481392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/2160929511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3297e9e5cb---60585380422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethelcommunityone.com/clients/880032/File/rosawivawirivezaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e84aad79c4b567d37f00555ca44f9044/winizol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b95f3efb0a1c6b0d2128ca55180ffc88/magodet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wohingltd.com/userfiles/bisusoxewifesodaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/llh9m6t3tfvsu4meffovuj9la3/85113752068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095cd3beb134---ragozumag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ksjruh6rsrgabia9rml3o6qhn/15613629525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/98643918492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/vepujigiwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160911a1e88bea---lovejiginaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac49517f2aa---biduta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/um9gm0m7logt414mpu8rhl2c27/wemuvokijunumefipesaminan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+can+you+make+your+paper+convincingPDF 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_off0000e94b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE94B 16836 bytes
SHA-256: f208a545971f08be9846f1068a4bc3dbc38eb494fe46d4fe9a22454535534dc3
font_01_sfnt_off000114ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114FF 10856 bytes
SHA-256: a29689b822ba4d31e8860fd64f9afb8b5251b0bd2cd5ce65e03af3ffe978fc0f
font_02_sfnt_off00012e0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1