Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d68a487ab2bf8189…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:10:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a83adec67fd3cc9566d3e7f2a07ab97c SHA-1: b5822e414fdd32983c2b6afcd6369931c60af8de SHA-256: d68a487ab2bf818925c82a9a18dc2f2f297f4a6b947b431de3c7d61d893126ab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure through its use of link farms pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites. The embedded JavaScript stream (T1059.007) likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious content. The overall pattern suggests a phishing attempt, likely delivered as an attachment (T1566.001).

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://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c936578379---kusiga.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6e8a2c6e1---lajazekufunigalovuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18729328159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vssteel1999.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/xelamixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://londonjip.com/userData/board/file/bifewamulonokexapogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39bb210ac76559b1d39d5c69a8f11e89/36430904673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volnynaklad.cz/data/file/razen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98b89fe11386e6152e47213c41d76e5d/57004004464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.djluk.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qotr6ttij3odcbaiv23pf5v6fu/wufaneduwufapedudafobuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbggg8l2dlus48s51bj9al7gtr/1849278800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092986eed07f---divotovisazawuwerexusik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/96379969005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakshimi-kaatsu.com/user_data/packages/default/imgfiles/doxepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb2ca5ab47---murunoxakitulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160914c0041c8c---wudugusumatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/goneno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nbi60q1ua4fc3942844gp8cosr/32301446010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a89a69e80c2c115d18bc92f1cb268ed0/kixuwati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/75667868209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuitsdartistes.eu/images/file/33491085207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd51fa6671---kilovoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/31128447087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1926479d3---wawirigemenonavozegak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ed315e3ba---36789701770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+does+the+ethernet+cable+workPDF 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_off0000dc71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC71 10684 bytes
SHA-256: e5cf93334fe83f80c00789a96de13bd39715fac32eb97eeeee310b9a55a61b8b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010cf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CF9 17096 bytes
SHA-256: 114c52820d6abdba6798504e246c2ffcc29417773e9c54187bb002f0d2bf38cb