Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b68e5fe9487dbd15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-19 11:20:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: fc234e895e9a231f876209ed7eaf4a42 SHA-1: 3dda553fa35b5517d05c6254ce6a2b5612a72754 SHA-256: b68e5fe9487dbd15e0a7fa56ae830d199687e274e684d6bdde493f2e6b454b37
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is part of a link farm, pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 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://www.julietlandau.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/16035429951.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cyklo-sport-servis.cz/UserFiles/File/56073056492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardena.crazyrockinsushi.com/uploads/files/71441118970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://natyabio.com/uploadfiles/momidepurugixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finance-bulldog.cz/UserFiles/File/68050945580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144cf180ed91---gewukodute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f9dfa3e85a---bifuvop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena-reutlingen.de/eros/userfiles/file/96837057185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://institut-arabe.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34126785241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superiorservicesandsolutionsfl.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/69238023305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139dda2e4050---3245754713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c87f4d549d---saxosivewulawetesumope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mstreatmentadvances.com/userfiles/files/nodirekoletufowumafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capesociety.ca/uploads/files/95539743288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bharatandcompany.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tizakunemurowazisimowubes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feltshoe.com/userfiles/file/8180791509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkykinhdoanhkiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/bevakumedakikov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadershipcareer.kr/fckeditor/_upload/file/bolanonuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pbchistoryonline.org/uploads/file/51873273839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lineshare.net/upload/files/20210914111019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/gilujozivavolezotosutiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodlander.sk/grafika/file/92236073606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161464fc6b097f---pevatapid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peggylittlelawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/roxowolivipujivar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138feb012508---47528216090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+stop+receiving+ads+on+my+phonePDF 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_off0000eb4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB4D 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 0831e51af97bf48392bf2d4a3b898a130b89cf0856266270df0f03a72c952d0e
font_01_sfnt_off0001051a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1051A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D2C 18152 bytes
SHA-256: 993b8851c2c5addd58b8408567adfbf28d56d894b07aadc9263ae925593b04af