Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6036c4e61d317f27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-10 04:57:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: eefebb6ab7e7d1d78e076be89ca8a3e3 SHA-1: acd16111ce111f1a6e5688bebb8407a2549233eb SHA-256: 6036c4e61d317f27ed5630e392b2f03e97ff77189bd7449d06d1085ff4cdf213
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a fake browser/software-install lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://escaletravel.com/userfiles/files/12038323864.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://angelsolutions.ro/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17486060903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencshow.com/upload/ckfinder/files/41250882189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://squash-fitness.cz/userfiles/file/desavokufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donahoelawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/48677793275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhixnktientien.com/Images_upload/files/sagumetepikukeziga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factblogs.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/26101727404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plasy.com/uploads/file/rudobokowimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d4c9760025ea0b82c0eb7dc07c99ca1/34024826197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1bf76ca9e73a9f775924425555da094/kurefujol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifeteacher.tw/uploads/files/202109031907337673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137ae8f5b1f0---39923723577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchtextile.com/userfiles/file/lekazorizesaseturun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cottagegrad.ru/files/file/nobenitujujitezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tufaghanafc.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59572751679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.afoa.org.ar/backend/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51608126516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pattarasawat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/derewawodivumut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ginzaramen.us/uploads/files/55406246603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22027309694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parejalecaros.com/adjunto/upload/fck/files/famatajezebulabasugajobiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/66519363337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.com/userfiles/files/45532846450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droprint.my/home/ququ4923/public_html/userfiles/file/penarijonotuditupeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deleersnijder-bocaege.be/images/file/zebotef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/fugumolimigajofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+keep+application+running+in+background+in+androidPDF 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_off0000e2f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2F5 10928 bytes
SHA-256: a84d7e8da9c7c5ffae21d466e2804fef19694dfd327cdccdeb7fcf47bd82703e
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBF7 17048 bytes
SHA-256: b42d2897c9442cae2896645d71d6b5d953ff9d4527908d7cdab754bbfe99f6d5
font_02_sfnt_off0001280e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1280E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1