Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 601e138c4f9ecae8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-08-21 01:17:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 6f443f2ab764bd17fc95381c84491edb SHA-1: 3e58120b2fe18a11ef4a6369138d7eb260e84e94 SHA-256: 601e138c4f9ecae8cf91da2e4f4aacb93170270cdd65fc1fb1f93c653808ec46
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs or the download of further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://www.champagne-cornevin.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39119940221.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alzubidi.com/userfiles/files/vituwazif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuvanthietke13-5.com/webroot/img/files/19608494855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803010cc47a---lavodumepokinavebabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.de/files/file/tujutotuxezejosevise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9ed79ed0b9cccf5ad2f7eabd97ff87c/vanuviwinatoregoluwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c9e9a1c59e---18002538187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/icibqtt7i02234hjm78bvlh8lm/kebojoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unaizahic.com/Files/files/nudanuxedopox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aurorabersinar2.com/contents//files/56393814693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1e2d505f23cbc8dec01b36d8e41167e/63414156268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qj0v68k0icqkj8ijvp31hplmr4/37252525758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sononegijaxevaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b01437e11607dd6d6d2cec4b2ead9b3/97684416116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jlr1ds6fegvqvu2s95lnt4obsr/56611818597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af66e3a7ab9---buguwuzuxodipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoop-tech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75908477559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acm-medicali.it/userfiles/files/rujaxutaputapakuzibis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/48018987171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deltastal.ru/userfiles/file/pigukizunemekuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfforming.ru/d/files/sezaboxewalufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d6ad71031---foruvefufuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=multiplication+and+division+of+rational+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_off0000cda9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDA9 16740 bytes
SHA-256: 7596db79d456432a65343b5d5a846c9f5aeda5bd48e8d637557b97d017bad1b7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f934.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF934 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001114b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1114B 11360 bytes
SHA-256: 3620b4024d63c668e0963766ead556e8063606f4daaff474b1262e3072a31179