Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b68bd3aafa68cc50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:59:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: cb2d4aabf452e1b16e9e3e27ce8f5411 SHA-1: 7a443f1216345c5dbaa88488f16f4bc80df65262 SHA-256: b68bd3aafa68cc5000c751d3336392b6bebd2e104bec9dce68c5e9bffeb890f3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to websites hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure suggests it's designed to lure users into clicking links that lead to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://hoalavender.net/upload/files/sosejinetivajatav.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad02c51dc92---mokefepuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ostrichpharmaceuticals.com/userfiles/file/82776231520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjhywt.com/images/upload/File/28241682996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a070d5334a---8425623647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://millionsdiscount.com/mo_images/files/jajisanosopikedopetim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05dd319cf783c364b3aeca16d30aecd1/15109476439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150006.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210829203009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c21e9b7c7b---77443404677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okipo8u0520tqufuas2s8lv425/44242346064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c276c18e867---76684996941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1e28b39855dd8b4ca4519926b0d2a38/96854324891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caythuocdangian.net/images/files/xanawelegidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://md-bud.pl/szklo/photos/file/61121265223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-7/20210507135657144397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabjkhbzbqti4a3apfmdd2s4b.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74742131294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walkofagesvt.org/clients/0/0e/0e42319052772b195a43ba3ede0f03e0/File/86218646828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro-group.ru/userfiles/files/vegirupuvulagozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7lmmf3u0mri4qfrr8vr461mck/gutegeganisoxomovarifep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5d597abe42---botubinodigadat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b057e3b2e---19507562260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meteosputnik.ru/userfiles/file/15130963490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddd506332d0f7ab1130563b444e0fbb4/fuxesudasekuxuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiovizia.com/webroot/img/content/files/fetunigumikalotajasudup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af816ce444---59130167106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dondepodemosir.com/userfiles/file/xutod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f12ee833072---80403398198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trinityautorepairs.com/uploads/files/joxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=hollow+block+slab+design+pdfPDF 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_off0000dc56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC56 18108 bytes
SHA-256: 9bf4cf73d8743483f39d6d96479021f3788490518564bda29c0d2742ae1525c0
font_01_sfnt_off00010b8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B8D 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 0246f8920531b47bb99daad2bce6ff2422e493ad5a8a576d0179f09862dfbf09
font_02_sfnt_off00012482.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12482 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1