Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e68c5fcf6894b702…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-08-13 02:10:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 1322d9c33dae8ad6d7ab90451ae7810c SHA-1: c51a9f4c153cb3ec630aa15a09d50db68acaff4f SHA-256: e68c5fcf6894b702727fdf56d6c22d12d042bf4b0adb8d42df08b9304db2db15
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links are structured as a link farm, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or to leverage SEO poisoning. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f6641caa141dd0ae9b16efa39c03417/xorigotosono.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3223d8b53bc761cfbdc43dec584a2bb/kegewirinefusatid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4c4199839---zugesexewudujubijowemis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6adf38868---23107359807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2faca66935---ragos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aungip0gfid4lun4b3gsdj1f2/xewukawexapolowunexero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toroisg.com/public/images/files/wonurekudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrollcountylawyers.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/21625841215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792f24c964e---78584170732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eseninternational.com/uploads/files/52478625399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phdpecs.hu/userfiles/files/1347509883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rusepress.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/zubim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6718251b4c---86300701669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.77ice.com/upload/files/54148006920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ryokanclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210626_75E3D90A5AFEFF53.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c9792bda41---rapevodewosawuweja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup3.com/contents//files/35473155256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hijoin.hu/editor_up/vanaxaduvugogoxebuson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875c01ae614---41916784130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webelievedin1984.com/clients/6/67/676624d6593aa512bfa6e10e765af00e/File/fugodolizenijujowutix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/jakenivegilipotutefenuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/timojiniwidefas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergyproperty.com/images/files/fukovipobetikepegap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kawevojoboloxexabiwoguve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/73545032399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=multiplication+de+deux+nombres+d%C3%A9cimaux+relatifsPDF 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_off0000f125.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF125 18864 bytes
SHA-256: 64f05c8b09319fa0c80f806d74666b8696ebdf4026cf25093e309fb212ee3e8a
font_01_sfnt_off00012168.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12168 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001397f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1397F 11268 bytes
SHA-256: 62d1b13901aa51126326c0c86e06380130d5f992c6eb7dd92a56b921493ed6ad