Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d68c17ab538d118b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-08-18 21:01:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b503606e7f230fb3955e8cc3d6ad318c SHA-1: 25c50b69edcf83ebbe6b49f2d6cc8f8a38673963 SHA-256: d68c17ab538d118bc071f8e340b5271dbe4199c3eb69a91cb55350abe8950960
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. These elements suggest the PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qqn408fh83j03bulrklsi7ei38/57584759294.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab7aa4dc3ec95c6192c44d08a72d0509/josiretudugigujitobakad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cka-shiba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83799775431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/zuwaferiratuvopif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cjv030ccr54sanp191ejjis7i6/witosisepifunoxuputike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ibjhcoag6r9hiaj0vpl31126dl/goziromav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauroconsulting.pl/userfiles/file/88109796355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607935aad74c1---50666867813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rongoldmanlaw.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/valepef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/23482784591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086db000b5a7---58142230476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/16080546743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/2775202917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/palutawatuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kraftyz.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mufubiniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/fafeseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc09aa1329---39850158774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/viwivelusavimupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/turoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/89468221927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6850aef258128fe77b213d533ab1b7c/nujofomotogogazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christschoolblr.in/userfiles/file/40297711969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franzoesischebulldoggen.eu/userfiles/file/pexigurutabekiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kar360.com/resimler/files/kodipezor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rafaelokazakov.com/file/kesiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c96aeba31f---vaviredudapefede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=dividing+fractions+and+mixed+numbers+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_off0000e876.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE876 11608 bytes
SHA-256: c2e2fbf80d47fbd334f50944c4af6bd246997754fe8ea16faeaa4339e39f9a58
font_01_sfnt_off00010392.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10392 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ba4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BA4 17556 bytes
SHA-256: 6af34f726f7ac557cbe15e8f75b7006b5099fb8bee9b0ead9fb15e4f753e7929