Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d68348248d629f4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-07-23 06:25:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 6ec244d554c6f6b36536a2d8103178f8 SHA-1: ee8f455636e881b469db3584883e3223ae81caa6 SHA-256: d68348248d629f4b7eca3a0132aae3ccf494d05ac728e55452e4b3969f50fe6e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for further malicious actions beyond simply redirecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/lufawidog.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c41be29bd0---funado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/022a5edee9b4ac68b02a0556385b5ece/26633531068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://choinka4x4.org/cms/files/file/76025040380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38327b563387745b1b0f9da31b8d665a/18792288246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://araprinter.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fozadafukakizimaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n3ctnk08modknphhq7q84ii277/duwazusigazikimigaxofatew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6abf2b41b---jovawok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techbis.pl/files/file/83982979851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/auekbvtpcb9clsrek1it0anqeo/xujadomonak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scherzerpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rafajutonikududezafudame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2747dfb53f5cf1003ddd398fc34181a1/52361981229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d18222e04d0---tinoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4c1accd38---tumotuvaselameza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b65514fd09---16378481708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609086202e7b6---regegobenulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qn1cgjv8oknsjtv31vsj2b3cqr/38667922733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regalmotors-jp.com/js/upload/files/togulonizubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consoles-a-gagner.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/sisawoxegorenozotexosima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e5bc36a1a---xipovodebewovizimukut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/94251366748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac5e474dc8---66765721696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/kumagutup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viboot.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dorigilepezumitogoreme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-uchebnici.com/img/file/81516789863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=newborn+hiccups+while+sleepingPDF 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_off0000fd18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001152a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1152A 16692 bytes
SHA-256: 5b85b767b75dfd8f9b77d5c278e8e87c08dabf30b50c7c9ab413cddc463702af
font_02_sfnt_off00014088.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14088 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 9ac4e54a1096f93f8784d61ed8c83df62b70315249e64ec1d46300f35a6f3512