Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c68619174b1d5043…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-04 02:46:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 497464fa9d65242cd9b2a3d773c57b2a SHA-1: 26ce12c3fbb0de4fe14869408a3c4f18d1c5b9b6 SHA-256: c68619174b1d504377797597f713283ae0e0c7709c3daa514932f7905931bb26
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites, likely intended to lure users into downloading further payloads or submitting sensitive information. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/89819612630.pdf
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/tazitozunazozirinelev.pdf
    • https://agenciaboom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf9o6ddvln0hsvit0j2vmpoqj5/vituw.pdf
    • https://langumeistras.lt/i/File/mugogukorujawigenud.pdf
    • http://cosmosimpex.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32379055437.pdf
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/kidorojavumujaxobewojol.pdf
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/54728455370.pdf
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbe93c0b366a4ab467696e2ec640e217/36786253682.pdf
    • http://planbmedia.hufiles/jatufujo.pdf
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/16086791874.pdf
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/dugugu.pdf
    • http://schs1968.com/clients/861610/File/pozotuwifukes.pdf
    • http://ruihuitax.com/files/file/zixap.pdf
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608976288a140---42893471398.pdf
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2854b1a1fd---gevarifuxegimuwemupez.pdf
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607edb14684b1---tavaxefifa.pdf
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd0b55111a---lipoxipotujeguzopazekame.pdf
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cpkftn58m0ol53vq46komfprb4/fevenezumebu.pdf
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d13d833b8---notiz.pdf
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/xeruwageposugekene.pdf
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3818961ff4d889739fb6603e730c5803/42121561630.pdf
    • http://geobrofab.com/clients/d/da/da7cd3953015cd63472398095fc1fcdd/File/dujevozuvufenanirux.pdf
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871049a63a0---joruxelosibufowoxitasin.pdf
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6087000a7d---93457237346.pdf
    • http://bahsclassof1965.com/clients/1/1d/1db829f64c2e26d3b32b12ccabba4d7c/File/tamimujapogivigifilasinu.pdf
    • https://biodent.ro/m4fm_files/m4news/ck-uploads-files/11755131405.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=finding+x+in+fractions
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e903.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE903 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001011a.bin
d87e8c7254d22ab11d97ee53f4f6a78de3120f7c24adb7c1107407b4dd4eb4eb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1011A 10552 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001190c.bin
210b0a0c82e29bbf91a98e15aaec5faa4cbd2fa4ba00d39c8e657c4abea8c567
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1190C 17144 bytes