Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62c6e1a53edba61e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 21:48:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 7c3609a63b2dbf699caadfde7020f06a SHA-1: bc6b3e3c67e2dec494c3e88e04b8db500213ee66 SHA-256: 62c6e1a53edba61ef70e4675407a3c0ac7b1e58aa2c72f7813ab81c131464d1e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate these redirects or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609874091cda2---69336462689.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/50993297477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e659031e8---42058946006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-line.ca/fck_upload/file/49354395630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filtrydokoparek.pl/img/all/23324901651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39a8495b22---mananemuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/dajejorukukoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1fc948c6a---3417967797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pergamine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xirijalojeguneneredewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210525012104586049kjrcd5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkyangmei.com/uploadfile/file/2021062301061873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retroldn.com/userfiles/file/327889160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7fbd96b326d36b1336ae959b7982b1c/85545601266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zionhillfirstbaptistchurch.com/clients/73368/File/zujak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangmalungtea.com/userfiles/file/xolikikotidaginowase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a471f235ce3---51100118377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841ec01804c---detasarilugenozuvar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuboni.com/uploadfile/hong202106122310343486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahubunting1.com/contents//files/nejojitavafiwesisaxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/19499191448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasteofruraleurope.eu/upload/File/81244713034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac54ab91518639856c1b41b0453907b4/48626784469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+a+roninPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000edd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD9 10020 bytes
SHA-256: 97232684f04a52f473b68b9c68c489d8cec71e7910dc3d321e6ae3778ff4c658
font_01_sfnt_off0001040e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1040E 18484 bytes
SHA-256: 4c6038729c207aecd73fea41eb8c24963ee0c389691754b41dea1d3f0f16b8e4
font_02_sfnt_off0001334b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1334B 4072 bytes
SHA-256: bb39b4e3cc8ddd74a7ddf26418dde1aa45e547d24a0f3776e7fb5a3b4189ca66
font_03_sfnt_off000142f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1