Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6282dbcd39911a8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 21:53:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 473672bf71121397575a7601b863ea2b SHA-1: 21a96b296e1161dd55636b13355983bfd675bd86 SHA-256: 6282dbcd39911a8ee872342cefd89e22a4e01c9a9812ded48eb3937bd6ba9bcb
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The presence of a 'download button' lure and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to trick the user into downloading a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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 http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/xikizato.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8887e01d12---kotanijegunuvarunetuboku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automozg.by/upload/editor/files/70712457387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m36048nach2pv7ehvosnqrcu10/94261808310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sintellect.ru/Repository/file/9061924719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu78.ru/userfiles/file/gujalekobinilawola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba1bd021e9af645a193f7ab485154b9e/75073771732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.eu/data/cms/file/3291488172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cnda1gq719jg84dvcmddgakbg/nizojumez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddservice-bmw.pl/userfiles/file/gewunopedewodititozap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebd2825279399e64c5417440f70c8b29/jufebevurefamusegezotu.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://glory-aqua.com/userfiles/file/kanozuropam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/losapavozixolitasotujekex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copperscraphandlers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wexedozijulavosera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulwichtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/janurugexaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haysalon.com/public_html/userfiles/file/37388652222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnmichaelharrisonlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vewefisepotana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f5239a696---dofolewote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4a7nltkrl0sbke7v4h12smc4e/desefaviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poker-fire.de/file/46083022927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etre-belle.su/images/file/fejonenazafiditabedagowet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://h1t-url12shio-turbo.com/contents//files/bopun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddservice-bmw.pl/userfiles/fiIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=pronouns+worksheet+for+class+3+with+answersPDF 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_off0000d157.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD157 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e96e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE96E 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 28c5f0fb515d505cc458e8d8379483e39b1f14d91b0ede74cb1c9bd751a6db00
font_02_sfnt_off000102a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102A8 17260 bytes
SHA-256: 67035f2db7ae48b14897baf17443eed03cdd6ce980f36f75ff972fc2d78b4e8c