Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6056667f1be7379d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-08-14 23:42:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b2d638ef84964e0778f54cfb60643c9b SHA-1: 3877c3b3518c552d21faebc43ee13a5926000dfc SHA-256: 6056667f1be7379d47f1e2810a6802d8fb7135ee9df1f12fd325ca2ca2484e04
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicates these links are hosted on compromised upload storage, suggesting a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/826575ebbfb70eef123d68a201947826/71571547422.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd2b59e6ddc5d9ffb892c21740487492/89453640360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b15fb9ddc7e7a770aa8db0081655c9c0/94818462298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://picinterior.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vasagukodusebawisedubitit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae421c930f4---vitojoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barefoothoa.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22275112429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalwedding.jp/images/blog//file/10503809725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bece73d1ab---8499771108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioneducation.ru/userfiles/file/67605364797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c33b79a763b5841851bf0a659bdfd297/gijuxufexozixizizezare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2655d66b71---doganikit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/rabuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a33ad6ad4e682e34798e39f3213b4cc/48818075821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/46424214534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lt7lfck2ilc4vr7bdmp7v65uif/puxakadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/damatefimako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/rexikubemaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///8953987459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97dsou2kuc4al36hgtbum0qk25/11096285060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4i9u29o6bboq1mhu6jhvq3qtbi/72109702981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orangcar.com/app/webroot/upload/files/bevopem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkalaris.com/contents//files/82962789512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jensbrode.de/files/file/24537371717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baptistfriends.org/media/26665387809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aluvascientific.com/UserFiles/file/31243673120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+put+up+chain+link+fencingPDF 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_off0000db9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB9D 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 0d57b6fc34c696f4c315a941839ea0935aa0e48bdb5b58243ff01205f93ddd37
font_01_sfnt_off0000f456.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF456 16388 bytes
SHA-256: d06ff452410fc85268ff24c6389f19c9c9c13a40ae522190c1e13feda7623930
font_02_sfnt_off00011eeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EEB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1