Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db68462ac5a39d22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-08-09 02:20:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f71f4e67f954328352e070c6289645ee SHA-1: 16dfcd46aa19572b2b78515778749a7788d135dc SHA-256: db68462ac5a39d2234bdbf29dcca092a8438e1f3fb2f0ee8572cc43e6ed6896f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristics and URLs suggest a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608111cee92f9---95992666503.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aecee6658d5---wewevafubuvile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/202161881849750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d359065f832---muxozofuwodavagab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianaccounting.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/wuzifadolilulelok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d3963d67b5e35e423fa1f5e6b8b0307/wimijewowuxidopiwamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tweddlefoto.com/files_contenidos/upload/files/23057821221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace44dde8fe---gosazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dynamicyunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78812456994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markasib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56559258730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/57455351237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarpanbharat.org/trila/userfiles/file/22215101004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb700f183f---jijidozodivukul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0545ce1eb1ddc9e45c3c8b0a798f9326/radepozuzopasofipug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anctools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47569538097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/73537188840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd885dbcf8492b3784dc21e46a088ca0/zomure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southwestlooms.com/admin/userfiles/files/56905160425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77bd69e7b86fd4ceefed935f235dd80f/66573613301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vokanofozuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/778e16e37af32b9c32115bd7d1c7cdec/teraxaresewukelos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f31ce4121---79531027247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792fa37f361---jovirenaruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/vuxakoraxavewilod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stiff.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/movivopizixose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://porterbrothersltd.com/app/webroot/uploads/dufoxebesufema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+teach+your+child+to+read+with+phonicsPDF 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_off000101a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000119b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119B8 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 889996b20d66ca6033144cc08c75c8cc56e89567f2bac2c98deb5e3145846e61
font_02_sfnt_off0001462c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1462C 10900 bytes
SHA-256: ff854e4609095ceba7d93314762828b87c37146139215d77bf78f71dd3264636