Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c68253008288f42b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 16:21:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 23a3314f78bb5fdb303a0616cb1de1f5 SHA-1: 89da9cbc0bd8eb8a498acfc5b08e3cbf63faefbd SHA-256: c68253008288f42b475f38cf5bbd76daac2df4adc045c97ddac5335085c2fe66
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external PDFs, some hosted on potentially compromised WordPress sites, indicates a malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this PDF is designed for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the malicious activity, such as downloading a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/67128582562.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d181557e9b---zububal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intersensor.ro/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/30853439367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioambienteterritorio.it/userfiles/files/30802728610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f8a09d9b4---sujubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acee6dda968---88111023352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsanaq.com/upload/file/2107090625476406278s8jvsa85lls.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capital-tic.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210527223843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082cd7ac18bf---6108824947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphaconsultinggroup.us/vpw/images/file/93120212091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shimamura-mail-order.com/userfiles/file/13468526108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/tejaxapilefazidudati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaowei.tw/image/files/20210527_162324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u78u145h1adngff33nf8002s3g/18033238825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilartangguh.com/file/doruxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guanlai.tw/uploads/files/202108212202486838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acril.ru/ufiles/files/karezujibujejus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanruouvang.net/images/uploaded/file/45418346674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uhs90kd7u2m4175q6gct4dutv2/bigizoziduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxe-pools.fr/i/File/20080351919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elbag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b48e34bbfd7462fe7300f0d9bc963526/nogajegugolewexurukovibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenmobile.in/jaipriyart/uploads/files/77864917839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10380c0aceb08153dfc50341ea7c11ef/43746123195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=advanced+measurement+techniques+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_off0000d8ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8FF 11012 bytes
SHA-256: ca3ba7d3690c82f9b62ce322d8f896e3bd5165d987361d0bd9ec3d68c437f311
font_01_sfnt_off0000f239.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF239 17332 bytes
SHA-256: 335f19c664bc532b064a7ba9db12826aa3e6af9c67c960b042f4021be27588d0
font_02_sfnt_off00011f62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F62 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1