Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f68e21440c1931e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:04:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 091b21326c21c2eccb9f069adc26caad SHA-1: b5ce24aa8e907d1c9f463909873505196db1536d SHA-256: f68e21440c1931e1cd182b6908609b29ed0eb91ec6ac6d887a524918331f0166
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as containing a link farm and being a potential phishing or malware distribution vector. The presence of numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting suggests an attempt to obscure the true destination. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of malicious intent, likely to lure users to external sites for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9805

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=exercices+corrig%C3%A9s+physique+chimie+seconde+nouveau+programme+pdf+gratuit PDF link annotation
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084aa4c5c868---66970851397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8fcf8338a8---sewoguxoseleniwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/2589496887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2eeecc6c7a---68028963587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080dd3d40fed---palowokijufemubisam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g2av7barotgtcfkoepj33391km/45866187987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.addvanceo.info/userfiles/files/gepotijotasuzet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remaining-mc.de/userfiles/file/mexajazifebapefolusasud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaalpharetta.com/sites/default/files/file/82584112253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impex-italia.it/userfiles/files/57300298678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailymaytrogiang.com/userfiles/files/tosizerutoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aakritidigitals.com/userfiles/files/nodubavapal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cb2f23f14ac6798e4336c101cff7c73/97478897538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607017d72a88b---pegixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csp-pub.com/stockages/files/vukajemogiliriviwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implantsdentairesdesmoulins.com/upload/editor/file/43456744977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique-u.biz/images/uploads/file/ragefiromipebimofepokonir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6o858j7df50m22ooq09r85ucvc/fuwibopexut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/vorefaxuvuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verredistri.fr/xmedia/file/vupatarulawofareg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival.bg/fckeditorfiles/file/29501857268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f9d45fdaf---virerujesuweluda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--arbeitskndigungsrecht-best-5zc.de/userfiles/file/77878866685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a1bd409b8b---89316386772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdn10.cz/files/file/28112347869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalilak1.com/userfiles/file/wozupupokedatosabubixen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attlas.center/userfiles/file/vimafafita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off000116ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116BA 11688 bytes
SHA-256: 41a26a6a2688a967363f1069826cb92bafba59cff27cae320f8fe80d813c1117
font_01_sfnt_off000131ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000149bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149BF 22664 bytes
SHA-256: dbe3af59ff5de967aac3e9abf4264d820e636597bcee6139cfc9e1b7fef6050e