Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 613dca0c9c6a3753…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-08-08 12:28:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: eae863a7dce40a6c85e10b9ff0e90b4a SHA-1: 65d463d252ade58eaf9b2f46856b66641b87f008 SHA-256: 613dca0c9c6a37532efadf31fd2c99ba296bbd7c6ebc91f080a60b392c0d1e4e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites. The embedded JavaScript likely executes malicious code, and the link farm serves to obscure the final destination, which is probably a phishing or malware distribution site.

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 http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ceb02a09438---70974750366.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rabotatver.ru/userfiles/admin/bonuzikoxemebibijezom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7f4920411a27353045378df211c9eb3/lafolujadepapitekeserujin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eed37180b0---fedetibamewomoramarukixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b1ad9ceff456b193f2bd0527be4ca1c/vejurawimiduzitigekaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210617231111164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genericdiabeticteststrips.com/userfiles/files/vevavapumanusosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hornets88.com/clients/56662/File/89906837127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ppmcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6qg7b1u1h84flpsiebqs07rr74/5422238590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n-production.com/upload/fckeditor/file/migatipidiwifiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siroyensao.com/upload/files/1133064981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamennykoberec.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/32705704486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c862e885cd---jelidukiketudodefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/fogugilug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bacd9af3e75---94818618865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.padanguparduotuve.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85628398627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonntag-immobilien.lu/userfiles/files/36533032635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.macrolepidoptera.hu/userfiles/files/fevabakudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25360313408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nulifeus.com/~nulife/userfiles/file/95477275905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davcpundri.com/css/file/werevijomixamekoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/469e9c8504f7f7446bf8e3e64a8f8570/renawelufisuwuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a14cefc2c73---25333067379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+screen+format+on+vizio+tv+without+remotePDF 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_off0000f5b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010dcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DCC 11040 bytes
SHA-256: d42efe34c352cf8bf3b4a6d583827e8143ea268a59a75bcc06bd93902a7dd2f0
font_02_sfnt_off00012766.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12766 17172 bytes
SHA-256: b66ef597022fb1f21d1119b098933d633194aeb81161f6ab721dcc4e0b62d521