Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d678821f85f8d8e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:20:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d64aa7c48b646532a2fb43456e7e97f7 SHA-1: 57c1cfe03e0d791acb53784057b3a9947edd8cae SHA-256: d678821f85f8d8e5cb14740a1162f309d5867a7d5ffb663a44fb6acb4d3c7da0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates malicious actions, such as downloading further payloads or redirecting the user. The link farm structure suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination and potentially evade detection, with several URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://clubon.top/uploads/files/8918131344.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/483ad9715e93e2cee75452f96641684b/vifanukuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9f7479f41---33635594994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b2d7c936cd---koselorup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newoptic.mn/uploads/files/fisaritorerexologez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2ed63b0f38---pusofesuguvemisukolewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.fr/file/tobokativ.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kstarsmall.net/userfiles/file///letugejolejivutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/11416463588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/2111416203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxhsbl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210728_154920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexprikson.com/admin/style/images/userfiles/file/ferore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40e560c511238efb762cad4a3dd0002c/tuxokijijekizokumibava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://er-trans.com/img/produkty/files/6288979220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioscoponi.eu/userfiles/files/26031674162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubelsendero.com/img_pag/file/67520179948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a553cb9900341aafa3b20be9fb5b3a66/75780043984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b18cec34012---33743673786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/dofexeladi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbosgn1al9i.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15702743115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609abd2c4fe4f---92528722911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rdasesores.gestconcursal.com/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pijerumogobas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gelow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39d0f8ea05666f31e641b89e4c098cb4/fomonorizoravafijemori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=mystery+stories+worksheet+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_off0000e1eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1EB 17136 bytes
SHA-256: 1c876ac52cc1317c891d28556eb7b3b8455d92c5c5f97d3c169735db41a6640e
font_01_sfnt_off00010e3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E3E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012655.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12655 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 95134daffc5e94cf411d00b14bb09877c48fbf20112c3f43dc69978524b13ebd