Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62179a81b68fe70b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.4 KB Created: 2021-07-31 12:53:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d74787c28cc6001cb14d7355c2aec0c5 SHA-1: 335755b721fbeb4f3dc11283c9bc797557e3ecc7 SHA-256: 62179a81b68fe70b817e31bf18a28bc33ce51d5bc6a0cde4ba97602e01420eb5
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a download button lure further supports this. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e78e057ea7---44191709393.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kammatrans.com/userfiles/files/19339818840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costanzolegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nuvezofoxenipube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d8c5ba3c8---60302764573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://52fantasies.com/home/holly/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44892772428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjaimama.com/data/upload/2021/07/file/202107061150018390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouwservicewinthagen.nl/userfiles/image/file/61071146768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/73602207867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4294a330ca7a78514b68ff6c2adba97c/74221507647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogologistics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83576882919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18dd8a5afc---lafojinofimigapumadonum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608108a27bf70---fajozefobazat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ccj82hb8otumon6tm5qie58r4/13886388371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vopulijerelizilomojop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salukool.ee/upload/userfiles/file/lexumanaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/kumodigowifamukumajago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.institutvzdelavani.cz/files/91706416209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99dc1897a096a5b429bbc84b6ea5e3c8/wafuwafumeluwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/jaketutanatezijagukun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc94fcea29---34328320393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c60951bac---rulometorugevizuladete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/29851743558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b2d4bcd6e25---xetevamonuxerazep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+biological+role+of+carbohydratesPDF 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_off0001403c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1403C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00015853.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15853 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 267250f667b72b37a261bcbcf43f4de76377088d8a0d37025ee8cad434f40823
font_02_sfnt_off0001717f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1717F 18436 bytes
SHA-256: 044b6463f4045de45e5d5051797bef4f02004700a79806473cd92c10c81b0242